#CD8A49#CD8A49

#CD8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.115 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A49
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 19.27, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 48.45, 66.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0525 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.115 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4703, 31.6402, 10.5411)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A49 #498CCD

analogous

#CD494A #CD8A49 #CDCC49

triadic

#CD8A49 #49CD8A #8A49CD

tetradic

#CD8A49 #4ACD49 #498CCD #CC49CD

square

#CD8A49 #4ACD49 #498CCD #CC49CD

split-complementary

#CD8A49 #49CDCC #494ACD

monochromatic

#7A4D22 #AA6B2F #CD8A49 #DAA979 #E7C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CD8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A49

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A49	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.115 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac7e',
    500: '#cd8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a49;
$custom-light: #e1ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A49

secondary

#9DB9D5

accent

#95E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A49

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

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