#CD8C38#CD8C38

#CD8C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD8C38
RGBrgb(205, 140, 56)
HSLhsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(34, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(63.36, 17.23, 52.84)
CIE-LCHlch(63.36, 55.58, 71.94°)
OKLaboklab(69.05% 0.044 0.1177)
OKLCHoklch(69.05% 0.126 69.5)
XYZxyz(35.2713, 32.0239, 8.0642)
Luminance0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD8C38 #3879CD
analogous
#CD4138 #CD8C38 #C3CD38
triadic
#CD8C38 #38CD8C #8C38CD
tetradic
#CD8C38 #38CD41 #3879CD #CD38C3
square
#CD8C38 #38CD41 #3879CD #CD38C3
split-complementary
#CD8C38 #38C3CD #4138CD
monochromatic
#6F4B1C #A06C28 #CD8C38 #D9A869 #E6C59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#CD8C38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40
#CD8C38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C38
7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD8C38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD8C381.002.847.407.40
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4021.001.001.00
##0000007.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2902D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A03A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DF7C7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd8c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 69.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad73',
    500: '#cd8c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd8c38;
$custom-light: #e1ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd8c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.826,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69049,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD8C38
secondary
#8FACD1
accent
#8AE345
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161008
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

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#CD8C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva