#CD8A73#CD8A73

#CD8A73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A73
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 22.87, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 32.24, 44.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0685 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.089 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3616, 32.3967, 20.5017)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A73 #73B6CD

analogous

#CD7389 #CD8A73 #CDB773

triadic

#CD8A73 #73CD8A #8A73CD

tetradic

#CD8A73 #89CD73 #73B6CD #B773CD

square

#CD8A73 #89CD73 #73B6CD #B773CD

split-complementary

#CD8A73 #73CDB7 #7389CD

monochromatic

#924C34 #BD6446 #CD8A73 #DDB0A0 #EDD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CD8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A73

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A73	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9b',
    500: '#cd8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a73;
$custom-light: #dfac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69541,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A73

secondary

#BED6DE

accent

#96BB2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A73

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

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