#CD8A60#CD8A60

#CD8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A60
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 21.02, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 38.93, 57.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0609 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.1 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3787, 32.0036, 15.3254)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A60 #60A3CD

analogous

#CD606D #CD8A60 #CDC160

triadic

#CD8A60 #60CD8A #8A60CD

tetradic

#CD8A60 #6DCD60 #60A3CD #C160CD

square

#CD8A60 #6DCD60 #60A3CD #C160CD

split-complementary

#CD8A60 #60CDC1 #606DCD

monochromatic

#884F2B #B66A39 #CD8A60 #DCAC8F #EACFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CD8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A60

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A60	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8e',
    500: '#cd8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a60;
$custom-light: #dfac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.119,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69185,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A60

secondary

#AFC9DA

accent

#A4DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A60

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

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