#CD8C50#CD8C50

#CD8C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.110 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C50
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 18.66, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 45.55, 65.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0516 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.11 62)
XYZ	xyz(36.0052, 32.3175, 11.9295)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C50 #5091CD

analogous

#CD5052 #CD8C50 #CDCB50

triadic

#CD8C50 #50CD8C #8C50CD

tetradic

#CD8C50 #52CD50 #5091CD #CB50CD

square

#CD8C50 #52CD50 #5091CD #CB50CD

split-complementary

#CD8C50 #50CDCB #5052CD

monochromatic

#7E4F24 #AE6D32 #CD8C50 #DBAB80 #E8CBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CD8C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C50

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C50	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.110 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad83',
    500: '#cd8c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c50;
$custom-light: #e0ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69315,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.32314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C50

secondary

#A2BDD6

accent

#97DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C50

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

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