#CD8A48#CD8A48

#CD8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A48
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 19.21, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 48.87, 66.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0521 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.116 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4374, 31.6270, 10.3679)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A48 #488BCD

analogous

#CD4849 #CD8A48 #CDCC48

triadic

#CD8A48 #48CD8A #8A48CD

tetradic

#CD8A48 #49CD48 #488BCD #CC48CD

square

#CD8A48 #49CD48 #488BCD #CC48CD

split-complementary

#CD8A48 #48CDCC #4849CD

monochromatic

#794D21 #A96B2E #CD8A48 #DAA978 #E7C7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CD8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A48

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A48	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)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac7d',
    500: '#cd8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a48;
$custom-light: #e1ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68842,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A48

secondary

#9CB9D5

accent

#94E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A48

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

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