#CD8C40#CD8C40

#CD8C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C40
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 17.64, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 52.32, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0463 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.121 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4828, 32.1085, 9.1783)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C40 #4081CD

analogous

#CD4540 #CD8C40 #C8CD40

triadic

#CD8C40 #40CD8C #8C40CD

tetradic

#CD8C40 #40CD45 #4081CD #CD40C8

square

#CD8C40 #40CD45 #4081CD #CD40C8

split-complementary

#CD8C40 #40C8CD #4540CD

monochromatic

#744D1E #A56D2B #CD8C40 #DAA971 #E6C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C40

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C40	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)

#A19138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad78',
    500: '#cd8c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c40;
$custom-light: #e1ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.34,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69126,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C40

secondary

#96B2D3

accent

#8EE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C40

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

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