#CD8C34#CD8C34

#CD8C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C34
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 52)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 17.04, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 57.14, 72.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0429 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.128 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1774, 31.9863, 7.5695)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C34 #3475CD

analogous

#CD4034 #CD8C34 #C1CD34

triadic

#CD8C34 #34CD8C #8C34CD

tetradic

#CD8C34 #34CD40 #3475CD #CD34C1

square

#CD8C34 #34CD40 #3475CD #CD34C1

split-complementary

#CD8C34 #34C1CD #4034CD

monochromatic

#6C491B #9D6B27 #CD8C34 #D9A865 #E5C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CD8C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C34

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C34	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)

#A29028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad71',
    500: '#cd8c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c34;
$custom-light: #e1ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69015,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C34

secondary

#8CA9D1

accent

#88E444

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C34

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

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