#CD8E36#CD8E36

#CD8E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E36
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 16.04, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 56.51, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0402 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.127 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5183, 32.5945, 7.9101)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E36 #3675CD

analogous

#CD4236 #CD8E36 #C0CD36

triadic

#CD8E36 #36CD8E #8E36CD

tetradic

#CD8E36 #36CD42 #3675CD #CD36C0

square

#CD8E36 #36CD42 #3675CD #CD36C0

split-complementary

#CD8E36 #36C0CD #4236CD

monochromatic

#6D4B1B #9E6D27 #CD8E36 #D9AA67 #E5C598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CD8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E36

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E36	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af72',
    500: '#cd8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e36;
$custom-light: #e1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.967,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69409,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E36

secondary

#8EAAD1

accent

#87E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E36

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

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