#CD8A37#CD8A37

#CD8A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A37
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 18.27, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 55.85, 70.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0469 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.126 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9575, 31.4351, 7.8402)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A37 #377ACD

analogous

#CD3F37 #CD8A37 #C5CD37

triadic

#CD8A37 #37CD8A #8A37CD

tetradic

#CD8A37 #37CD3F #377ACD #CD37C5

square

#CD8A37 #37CD3F #377ACD #CD37C5

split-complementary

#CD8A37 #37C5CD #3F37CD

monochromatic

#6E491C #9F6A28 #CD8A37 #D9A768 #E5C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CD8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CD8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A37

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A37	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac72',
    500: '#cd8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a37;
$custom-light: #e1ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68666,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A37

secondary

#8FACD1

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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