#CD8C3E#CD8C3E

#CD8C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C3E
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 17.53, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 53.15, 70.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0457 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.122 68)
XYZ	xyz(35.4269, 32.0862, 8.8839)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C3E #3E7FCD

analogous

#CD443E #CD8C3E #C7CD3E

triadic

#CD8C3E #3ECD8C #8C3ECD

tetradic

#CD8C3E #3ECD44 #3E7FCD #CD3EC7

square

#CD8C3E #3ECD44 #3E7FCD #CD3EC7

split-complementary

#CD8C3E #3EC7CD #443ECD

monochromatic

#734C1E #A36C2A #CD8C3E #DAA96F #E6C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C3E

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C3E	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad77',
    500: '#cd8c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c3e;
$custom-light: #e1ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69106,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.32083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C3E

secondary

#94B1D3

accent

#8DE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C3E

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

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