#CD8E38#CD8E38

#CD8E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E38
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 16.14, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 55.72, 73.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0408 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.126 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5662, 32.6137, 8.1625)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E38 #3877CD

analogous

#CD4338 #CD8E38 #C1CD38

triadic

#CD8E38 #38CD8E #8E38CD

tetradic

#CD8E38 #38CD43 #3877CD #CD38C1

square

#CD8E38 #38CD43 #3877CD #CD38C1

split-complementary

#CD8E38 #38C1CD #4338CD

monochromatic

#6F4C1C #A06D28 #CD8E38 #D9AA69 #E6C69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CD8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E38

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E38	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)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af73',
    500: '#cd8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e38;
$custom-light: #e1af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.631,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E38

secondary

#8FABD1

accent

#88E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E38

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

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