#CD8A39#CD8A39

#CD8A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A39
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 18.36, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 55.06, 70.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0474 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.125 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0064, 31.4546, 8.0978)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A39 #397CCD

analogous

#CD4039 #CD8A39 #C6CD39

triadic

#CD8A39 #39CD8A #8A39CD

tetradic

#CD8A39 #39CD40 #397CCD #CD39C6

square

#CD8A39 #39CD40 #397CCD #CD39C6

split-complementary

#CD8A39 #39C6CD #4039CD

monochromatic

#6F4A1C #A06A28 #CD8A39 #D9A76A #E6C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CD8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CD8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A39

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A39	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)

#A08F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac74',
    500: '#cd8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a39;
$custom-light: #e1ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.838,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68684,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A39

secondary

#90AED2

accent

#8CE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A39

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

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