#CD8C41#CD8C41

#CD8C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C41
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 65)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 17.70, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 51.91, 70.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0466 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.12 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5115, 32.1200, 9.3295)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C41 #4182CD

analogous

#CD4641 #CD8C41 #C8CD41

triadic

#CD8C41 #41CD8C #8C41CD

tetradic

#CD8C41 #41CD46 #4182CD #CD41C8

square

#CD8C41 #41CD46 #4182CD #CD41C8

split-complementary

#CD8C41 #41C8CD #4641CD

monochromatic

#754D1F #A56D2C #CD8C41 #DAA971 #E6C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C41

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C41	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)

#A19139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad79',
    500: '#cd8c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c41;
$custom-light: #e1ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C41

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8EE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C41

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

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