#CD8D2C#CD8D2C

#CD8D2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.132 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D2C
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 16.17, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 60.17, 74.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0393 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.132 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1590, 32.2139, 6.7486)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D2C #2C6CCD

analogous

#CD3D2C #CD8D2C #BDCD2C

triadic

#CD8D2C #2CCD8D #8D2CCD

tetradic

#CD8D2C #2CCD3D #2C6CCD #CD2CBD

square

#CD8D2C #2CCD3D #2C6CCD #CD2CBD

split-complementary

#CD8D2C #2CBDCD #3D2CCD

monochromatic

#684816 #9B6A21 #CD8D2C #DCA85B #E7C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CD8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#CD8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D2C

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D2C	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)

#A3911C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.132 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ae6d',
    500: '#cd8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d2c;
$custom-light: #e2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.149,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69144,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D2C

secondary

#84A3D1

accent

#83E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D2C

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

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