#CD8D74#CD8D74

#CD8D74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.086 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D74
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 116)
HSL	hsl(17, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 21.34, 23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 31.48, 47.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.064 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.086 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8558, 33.2926, 20.9519)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D74 #74B4CD

analogous

#CD7487 #CD8D74 #CDB974

triadic

#CD8D74 #74CD8D #8D74CD

tetradic

#CD8D74 #87CD74 #74B4CD #B974CD

square

#CD8D74 #87CD74 #74B4CD #B974CD

split-complementary

#CD8D74 #74CDB9 #7487CD

monochromatic

#924F35 #BD6847 #CD8D74 #DDB2A1 #EDD7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CD8D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#CD8D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D74

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D74	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.086 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae9c',
    500: '#cd8d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d74;
$custom-light: #deae9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.854,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D74

secondary

#BED5DE

accent

#92BA2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D74

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

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