#CD8A61#CD8A61

#CD8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A61
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, 21.11, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 38.54, 56.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0613 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.099 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4251, 32.0221, 15.5694)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A61 #61A4CD

analogous

#CD616E #CD8A61 #CDC061

triadic

#CD8A61 #61CD8A #8A61CD

tetradic

#CD8A61 #6ECD61 #61A4CD #C061CD

square

#CD8A61 #6ECD61 #61A4CD #C061CD

split-complementary

#CD8A61 #61CDC0 #616ECD

monochromatic

#884F2B #B7693A #CD8A61 #DCAC8F #EACFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CD8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A61

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A61	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)

#9D915E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8e',
    500: '#cd8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a61;
$custom-light: #dfac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.778,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69202,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A61

secondary

#B0CADA

accent

#A5DB4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A61

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

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