#CD8C42#CD8C42

#CD8C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C42
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 17.75, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 51.49, 69.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0469 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.12 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5408, 32.1317, 9.4834)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C42 #4283CD

analogous

#CD4642 #CD8C42 #C9CD42

triadic

#CD8C42 #42CD8C #8C42CD

tetradic

#CD8C42 #42CD46 #4283CD #CD42C9

square

#CD8C42 #42CD46 #4283CD #CD42C9

split-complementary

#CD8C42 #42C9CD #4642CD

monochromatic

#764D1F #A66D2C #CD8C42 #DAA972 #E7C7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CD8C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C42

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C42	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad79',
    500: '#cd8c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c42;
$custom-light: #e1ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.942,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69147,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C42

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8FE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C42

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

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