#CD8E35#CD8E35

#CD8E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E35
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 16.00, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 56.90, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0399 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.127 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4950, 32.5852, 7.7877)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E35 #3574CD

analogous

#CD4235 #CD8E35 #C0CD35

triadic

#CD8E35 #35CD8E #8E35CD

tetradic

#CD8E35 #35CD42 #3574CD #CD35C0

square

#CD8E35 #35CD42 #3574CD #CD35C0

split-complementary

#CD8E35 #35C0CD #4235CD

monochromatic

#6D4B1B #9E6D27 #CD8E35 #D9A966 #E5C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CD8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E35

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E35	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af72',
    500: '#cd8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e35;
$custom-light: #e1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.132,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69401,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E35

secondary

#8DA9D1

accent

#86E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E35

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

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