#CD8B2C#CD8B2C

#CD8B2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B2C
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 17.26, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 60.03, 73.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0425 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.132 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8667, 31.6294, 6.6512)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B2C #2C6ECD

analogous

#CD3B2C #CD8B2C #BFCD2C

triadic

#CD8B2C #2CCD8B #8B2CCD

tetradic

#CD8B2C #2CCD3B #2C6ECD #CD2CBF

square

#CD8B2C #2CCD3B #2C6ECD #CD2CBF

split-complementary

#CD8B2C #2CBFCD #3B2CCD

monochromatic

#684716 #9B6921 #CD8B2C #DCA75B #E7C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CD8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B2C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B2C	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ac6c',
    500: '#cd8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b2c;
$custom-light: #e2ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.404,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68767,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B2C

secondary

#84A4D1

accent

#85E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B2C

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

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