#CD8C36#CD8C36

#CD8C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.127 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C36
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 17.13, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 56.37, 72.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0434 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.127 70)
XYZ	xyz(35.2234, 32.0047, 7.8118)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C36 #3677CD

analogous

#CD4036 #CD8C36 #C2CD36

triadic

#CD8C36 #36CD8C #8C36CD

tetradic

#CD8C36 #36CD40 #3677CD #CD36C2

square

#CD8C36 #36CD40 #3677CD #CD36C2

split-complementary

#CD8C36 #36C2CD #4036CD

monochromatic

#6D4A1B #9E6B27 #CD8C36 #D9A867 #E5C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CD8C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C36

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C36	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.127 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad72',
    500: '#cd8c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c36;
$custom-light: #e1ad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.172,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.32002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C36

secondary

#8EABD1

accent

#89E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C36

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

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