#CD8B4E#CD8B4E

#CD8B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B4E
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 19.06, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 46.36, 65.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0526 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.112 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7870, 31.9975, 11.4976)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B4E #4E90CD

analogous

#CD4E50 #CD8B4E #CDCA4E

triadic

#CD8B4E #4ECD8B #8B4ECD

tetradic

#CD8B4E #50CD4E #4E90CD #CA4ECD

square

#CD8B4E #50CD4E #4E90CD #CA4ECD

split-complementary

#CD8B4E #4ECDCA #4E50CD

monochromatic

#7D4F23 #AD6C31 #CD8B4E #DAAA7E #E8CAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CD8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B4E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B4E	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad81',
    500: '#cd8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b4e;
$custom-light: #e0ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.819,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69102,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B4E

secondary

#A1BCD6

accent

#97DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B4E

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

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