#CD8A51#CD8A51

#CD8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A51
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 19.82, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 45.07, 63.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0553 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.11 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7528, 31.7532, 12.0290)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A51 #5194CD

analogous

#CD5156 #CD8A51 #CDC851

triadic

#CD8A51 #51CD8A #8A51CD

tetradic

#CD8A51 #56CD51 #5194CD #C851CD

square

#CD8A51 #56CD51 #5194CD #C851CD

split-complementary

#CD8A51 #51CDC8 #5156CD

monochromatic

#7F4E25 #AF6B32 #CD8A51 #DBAA81 #E8CAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CD8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CD8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A51

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A51	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)

#9E904C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac83',
    500: '#cd8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a51;
$custom-light: #e0ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68957,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A51

secondary

#A3BFD7

accent

#9ADF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A51

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

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