#CD8E3C#CD8E3C

#CD8E3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E3C
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 16.34, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 54.11, 72.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0419 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.123 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6680, 32.6544, 8.6985)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E3C #3C7BCD

analogous

#CD463C #CD8E3C #C4CD3C

triadic

#CD8E3C #3CCD8E #8E3CCD

tetradic

#CD8E3C #3CCD46 #3C7BCD #CD3CC4

square

#CD8E3C #3CCD46 #3C7BCD #CD3CC4

split-complementary

#CD8E3C #3CC4CD #463CCD

monochromatic

#714D1D #A26E2A #CD8E3C #D9AA6D #E6C69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#CD8E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E3C

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E3C	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)

#A39232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af76',
    500: '#cd8e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e3c;
$custom-light: #e1af76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69463,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E3C

secondary

#93AED2

accent

#8AE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E3C

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