#CD8A52#CD8A52

#CD8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A52
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 19.89, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 44.65, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0556 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.109 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7906, 31.7683, 12.2279)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A52 #5295CD

analogous

#CD5258 #CD8A52 #CDC852

triadic

#CD8A52 #52CD8A #8A52CD

tetradic

#CD8A52 #58CD52 #5295CD #C852CD

square

#CD8A52 #58CD52 #5295CD #C852CD

split-complementary

#CD8A52 #52CDC8 #5258CD

monochromatic

#804E25 #AF6B33 #CD8A52 #DBAA81 #E8CAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CD8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CD8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A52

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A52	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)

#9E904D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac84',
    500: '#cd8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a52;
$custom-light: #e0ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.317,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A52

secondary

#A4C0D7

accent

#9BDE49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A52

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

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