#CD8C4E#CD8C4E

#CD8C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD8C4E
RGBrgb(205, 140, 78)
HSLhsl(29, 56%, 55%)
HSVhsv(29, 62%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.7%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(63.58, 18.52, 42.54)
CIE-LCHlch(63.58, 46.40, 66.48°)
OKLaboklab(69.29% 0.0509 0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(69.29% 0.112 62.8)
XYZxyz(35.9324, 32.2884, 11.5461)
Luminance0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD8C4E #4E8FCD
analogous
#CD4E50 #CD8C4E #CDCB4E
triadic
#CD8C4E #4ECD8C #8C4ECD
tetradic
#CD8C4E #50CD4E #4E8FCD #CB4ECD
square
#CD8C4E #50CD4E #4E8FCD #CB4ECD
split-complementary
#CD8C4E #4ECDCB #4E50CD
monochromatic
#7D4F23 #AD6D31 #CD8C4E #DAAB7E #E8CAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#CD8C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46
#CD8C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C4E
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD8C4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD8C4E1.002.827.467.46
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4621.001.001.00
##0000007.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A09148
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A04F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE7E7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad81',
    500: '#cd8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd8c4e;
$custom-light: #e0ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.291,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD8C4E
secondary
#A1BCD6
accent
#96DF49
background
#FEFAF8
surface
#FCF4EF
border
#D5CECA
text
#16100A
muted
#847F7C

Preview Lab

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#CD8C4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva