#CD8B49#CD8B49

#CD8B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B49
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 18.73, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 48.49, 67.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0508 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.115 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6145, 31.9285, 10.5891)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B49 #498BCD

analogous

#CD4949 #CD8B49 #CDCD49

triadic

#CD8B49 #49CD8B #8B49CD

tetradic

#CD8B49 #49CD49 #498BCD #CD49CD

square

#CD8B49 #49CD49 #498BCD #CD49CD

split-complementary

#CD8B49 #49CDCD #4949CD

monochromatic

#7A4E22 #AA6C2F #CD8B49 #DAAA79 #E7C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CD8B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B49

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B49	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)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad7e',
    500: '#cd8b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b49;
$custom-light: #e0ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6904,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B49

secondary

#9DB9D5

accent

#94E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B49

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

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