#CD8C39#CD8C39

#CD8C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C39
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 17.27, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 55.18, 71.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0442 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.125 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2960, 32.0338, 8.1943)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C39 #397ACD

analogous

#CD4239 #CD8C39 #C4CD39

triadic

#CD8C39 #39CD8C #8C39CD

tetradic

#CD8C39 #39CD42 #397ACD #CD39C4

square

#CD8C39 #39CD42 #397ACD #CD39C4

split-complementary

#CD8C39 #39C4CD #4239CD

monochromatic

#6F4B1C #A06C28 #CD8C39 #D9A86A #E6C59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CD8C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C39

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C39	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad74',
    500: '#cd8c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c39;
$custom-light: #e1ad74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.649,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C39

secondary

#90ADD2

accent

#8AE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C39

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

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