#CD8A50#CD8A50

#CD8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A50
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 19.75, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 45.49, 64.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0549 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.111 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7156, 31.7383, 11.8329)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A50 #5093CD

analogous

#CD5054 #CD8A50 #CDC950

triadic

#CD8A50 #50CD8A #8A50CD

tetradic

#CD8A50 #54CD50 #5093CD #C950CD

square

#CD8A50 #54CD50 #5093CD #C950CD

split-complementary

#CD8A50 #50CDC9 #5054CD

monochromatic

#7E4E24 #AE6B32 #CD8A50 #DBAA80 #E8CAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CD8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CD8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A50

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A50	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac83',
    500: '#cd8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a50;
$custom-light: #e0ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.84,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68943,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A50

secondary

#A2BED6

accent

#99DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A50

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

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