#CD8B48#CD8B48

#CD8B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.116 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B48
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 18.66, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 48.91, 67.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0505 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.116 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5816, 31.9153, 10.4159)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B48 #488ACD

analogous

#CD4948 #CD8B48 #CCCD48

triadic

#CD8B48 #48CD8B #8B48CD

tetradic

#CD8B48 #48CD49 #488ACD #CD48CC

square

#CD8B48 #48CD49 #488ACD #CD48CC

split-complementary

#CD8B48 #48CCCD #4948CD

monochromatic

#794E21 #A96C2E #CD8B48 #DAA978 #E7C8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CD8B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B48

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B48	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.116 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad7d',
    500: '#cd8b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b48;
$custom-light: #e1ad7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.226,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B48

secondary

#9CB8D5

accent

#93E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B48

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

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