#CD8B42#CD8B42

#CD8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B42
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 18.30, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 51.43, 69.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0485 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.12 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3953, 31.8408, 9.4349)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B42 #4284CD

analogous

#CD4542 #CD8B42 #C9CD42

triadic

#CD8B42 #42CD8B #8B42CD

tetradic

#CD8B42 #42CD45 #4284CD #CD42C9

square

#CD8B42 #42CD45 #4284CD #CD42C9

split-complementary

#CD8B42 #42C9CD #4542CD

monochromatic

#764C1F #A66C2C #CD8B42 #DAA972 #E7C6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CD8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B42

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B42	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad79',
    500: '#cd8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b42;
$custom-light: #e1ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B42

secondary

#97B4D3

accent

#90E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B42

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

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