#CD8D42#CD8D42

#CD8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D42
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 17.21, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 51.55, 70.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0453 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.119 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6875, 32.4253, 9.5324)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D42 #4282CD

analogous

#CD4742 #CD8D42 #C7CD42

triadic

#CD8D42 #42CD8D #8D42CD

tetradic

#CD8D42 #42CD47 #4282CD #CD42C7

square

#CD8D42 #42CD47 #4282CD #CD42C7

split-complementary

#CD8D42 #42C7CD #4742CD

monochromatic

#764E1F #A66E2C #CD8D42 #DAAA72 #E7C7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CD8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D42

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D42	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)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ae79',
    500: '#cd8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d42;
$custom-light: #e1ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.374,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D42

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8EE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D42

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

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