#CD8E3B#CD8E3B

#CD8E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.124 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E3B
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, 16.29, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 54.52, 72.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0416 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.124 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6418, 32.6440, 8.5606)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E3B #3B7ACD

analogous

#CD453B #CD8E3B #C3CD3B

triadic

#CD8E3B #3BCD8E #8E3BCD

tetradic

#CD8E3B #3BCD45 #3B7ACD #CD3BC3

square

#CD8E3B #3BCD45 #3B7ACD #CD3BC3

split-complementary

#CD8E3B #3BC3CD #453BCD

monochromatic

#714D1D #A26E29 #CD8E3B #D9AA6C #E6C69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#CD8E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E3B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E3B	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.124 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af75',
    500: '#cd8e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e3b;
$custom-light: #e1af75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69454,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E3B

secondary

#92AED2

accent

#89E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E3B

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

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