#CD8C45#CD8C45

#CD8C45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C45
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 69)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 17.93, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 50.23, 69.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0479 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.118 66)
XYZ	xyz(35.6315, 32.1680, 9.9615)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C45 #4586CD

analogous

#CD4845 #CD8C45 #CACD45

triadic

#CD8C45 #45CD8C #8C45CD

tetradic

#CD8C45 #45CD48 #4586CD #CD45CA

square

#CD8C45 #45CD48 #4586CD #CD45CA

split-complementary

#CD8C45 #45CACD #4845CD

monochromatic

#774E20 #A86D2D #CD8C45 #DAAA75 #E7C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CD8C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C45

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C45	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)

#A1913E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad7b',
    500: '#cd8c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c45;
$custom-light: #e1ad7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.324,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6918,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.32165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C45

secondary

#9AB6D4

accent

#91E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C45

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

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