#CD8A72#CD8A72

#CD8A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.090 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A72
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 22.76, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 32.54, 45.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0681 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.09 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3044, 32.3738, 20.2003)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A72 #72B5CD

analogous

#CD7288 #CD8A72 #CDB772

triadic

#CD8A72 #72CD8A #8A72CD

tetradic

#CD8A72 #88CD72 #72B5CD #B772CD

square

#CD8A72 #88CD72 #72B5CD #B772CD

split-complementary

#CD8A72 #72CDB7 #7288CD

monochromatic

#914C33 #BD6545 #CD8A72 #DDAF9F #EDD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#CD8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A72

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A72	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.090 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9a',
    500: '#cd8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a72;
$custom-light: #dfac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.824,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A72

secondary

#BDD5DE

accent

#95BB2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A72

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

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