#CD8A4E#CD8A4E

#CD8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A4E
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 19.61, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 46.34, 64.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0542 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.112 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6428, 31.7092, 11.4495)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A4E #4E91CD

analogous

#CD4E52 #CD8A4E #CDC94E

triadic

#CD8A4E #4ECD8A #8A4ECD

tetradic

#CD8A4E #52CD4E #4E91CD #C94ECD

square

#CD8A4E #52CD4E #4E91CD #C94ECD

split-complementary

#CD8A4E #4ECDC9 #4E52CD

monochromatic

#7D4E23 #AD6B31 #CD8A4E #DAAA7E #E8C9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CD8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CD8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A4E

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A4E	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac81',
    500: '#cd8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a4e;
$custom-light: #e0ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.346,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68917,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A4E

secondary

#A1BDD6

accent

#98DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A4E

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