#CD8A45#CD8A45

#CD8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.118 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A45
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 19.02, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 50.13, 67.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0511 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.118 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3420, 31.5889, 9.8650)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A45 #4588CD

analogous

#CD4645 #CD8A45 #CCCD45

triadic

#CD8A45 #45CD8A #8A45CD

tetradic

#CD8A45 #45CD46 #4588CD #CD45CC

square

#CD8A45 #45CD46 #4588CD #CD45CC

split-complementary

#CD8A45 #45CCCD #4645CD

monochromatic

#774C20 #A86B2D #CD8A45 #DAA875 #E7C7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CD8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A45

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A45	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.118 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac7b',
    500: '#cd8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a45;
$custom-light: #e1ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.441,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68807,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A45

secondary

#9AB6D4

accent

#93E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A45

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

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