#CD8C49#CD8C49

#CD8C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.115 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C49
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 18.18, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 48.53, 68.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.0492 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.115 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7599, 32.2194, 10.6376)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C49 #498ACD

analogous

#CD4A49 #CD8C49 #CCCD49

triadic

#CD8C49 #49CD8C #8C49CD

tetradic

#CD8C49 #49CD4A #498ACD #CD49CC

square

#CD8C49 #49CD4A #498ACD #CD49CC

split-complementary

#CD8C49 #49CCCD #4A49CD

monochromatic

#7A4E22 #AA6D2F #CD8C49 #DAAA79 #E7C9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CD8C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#CD8C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C49

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C49	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.115 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad7e',
    500: '#cd8c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c49;
$custom-light: #e0ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C49

secondary

#9DB8D5

accent

#93E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C49

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

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