#CD8B38#CD8B38

#CD8B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B38
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 17.77, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 55.52, 71.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0456 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.126 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1258, 31.7330, 8.0158)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B38 #387ACD

analogous

#CD4038 #CD8B38 #C4CD38

triadic

#CD8B38 #38CD8B #8B38CD

tetradic

#CD8B38 #38CD40 #387ACD #CD38C4

square

#CD8B38 #38CD40 #387ACD #CD38C4

split-complementary

#CD8B38 #38C4CD #4038CD

monochromatic

#6F4A1C #A06B28 #CD8B38 #D9A869 #E6C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CD8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CD8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B38

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B38	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad73',
    500: '#cd8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b38;
$custom-light: #e1ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.423,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68862,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B38

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B38

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

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