#CD8D40#CD8D40

#CD8D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D40
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 17.10, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 52.39, 70.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0447 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.121 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6296, 32.4021, 9.2272)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D40 #4080CD

analogous

#CD4640 #CD8D40 #C6CD40

triadic

#CD8D40 #40CD8D #8D40CD

tetradic

#CD8D40 #40CD46 #4080CD #CD40C6

square

#CD8D40 #40CD46 #4080CD #CD40C6

split-complementary

#CD8D40 #40C6CD #4640CD

monochromatic

#744D1E #A56E2B #CD8D40 #DAAA71 #E6C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CD8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D40

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D40	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ae78',
    500: '#cd8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d40;
$custom-light: #e1ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.766,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69314,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D40

secondary

#96B2D3

accent

#8DE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D40

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

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