#CD8D38#CD8D38

#CD8D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D38
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 16.68, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 55.65, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0424 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.126 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4181, 32.3175, 8.1132)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D38 #3878CD

analogous

#CD4238 #CD8D38 #C2CD38

triadic

#CD8D38 #38CD8D #8D38CD

tetradic

#CD8D38 #38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C2

square

#CD8D38 #38CD42 #3878CD #CD38C2

split-complementary

#CD8D38 #38C2CD #4238CD

monochromatic

#6F4B1C #A06C28 #CD8D38 #D9A969 #E6C59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CD8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D38

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D38	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)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ae73',
    500: '#cd8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d38;
$custom-light: #e1ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.228,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D38

secondary

#8FACD1

accent

#89E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D38

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

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