#CD8A46#CD8A46

#CD8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A46
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 19.08, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 49.71, 67.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0514 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.117 64)
XYZ	xyz(35.3733, 31.6014, 10.0299)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A46 #4689CD

analogous

#CD4746 #CD8A46 #CDCD46

triadic

#CD8A46 #46CD8A #8A46CD

tetradic

#CD8A46 #46CD47 #4689CD #CD46CD

square

#CD8A46 #46CD47 #4689CD #CD46CD

split-complementary

#CD8A46 #46CDCD #4746CD

monochromatic

#784D20 #A86B2D #CD8A46 #DAA876 #E7C7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CD8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A46

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A46	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)

#9F8F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac7c',
    500: '#cd8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a46;
$custom-light: #e1ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.222,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68818,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A46

secondary

#9BB7D4

accent

#93E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A46

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

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