#CD8B40#CD8B40

#CD8B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.121 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B40
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 18.19, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 52.27, 69.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0479 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.121 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3374, 31.8176, 9.1298)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B40 #4082CD

analogous

#CD4540 #CD8B40 #C8CD40

triadic

#CD8B40 #40CD8B #8B40CD

tetradic

#CD8B40 #40CD45 #4082CD #CD40C8

square

#CD8B40 #40CD45 #4082CD #CD40C8

split-complementary

#CD8B40 #40C8CD #4540CD

monochromatic

#744C1E #A56C2B #CD8B40 #DAA871 #E6C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CD8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B40

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B40	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.121 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad78',
    500: '#cd8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b40;
$custom-light: #e1ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.915,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68939,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B40

secondary

#96B2D3

accent

#8FE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B40

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

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