#CD8A38#CD8A38

#CD8A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A38
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 18.31, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 55.46, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0472 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.126 68)
XYZ	xyz(34.9817, 31.4448, 7.9677)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A38 #387BCD

analogous

#CD3F38 #CD8A38 #C5CD38

triadic

#CD8A38 #38CD8A #8A38CD

tetradic

#CD8A38 #38CD3F #387BCD #CD38C5

square

#CD8A38 #38CD3F #387BCD #CD38C5

split-complementary

#CD8A38 #38C5CD #3F38CD

monochromatic

#6F491C #A06A28 #CD8A38 #D9A769 #E6C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CD8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CD8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A38

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A38	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)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac73',
    500: '#cd8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a38;
$custom-light: #e1ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.02,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68675,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.31442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A38

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8CE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A38

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

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