#CD8A62#CD8A62

#CD8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A62
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 21.20, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 38.15, 56.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0617 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.099 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4720, 32.0409, 15.8165)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A62 #62A5CD

analogous

#CD6270 #CD8A62 #CDC062

triadic

#CD8A62 #62CD8A #8A62CD

tetradic

#CD8A62 #70CD62 #62A5CD #C062CD

square

#CD8A62 #70CD62 #62A5CD #C062CD

split-complementary

#CD8A62 #62CDC0 #6270CD

monochromatic

#894F2C #B7693A #CD8A62 #DCAD90 #EBCFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CD8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A62

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A62	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8f',
    500: '#cd8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a62;
$custom-light: #dfac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.43,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A62

secondary

#B1CBDA

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A62

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →