#CD8E40#CD8E40

#CD8E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E40
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 16.55, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 52.46, 71.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0431 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.121 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7777, 32.6983, 9.2766)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E40 #407FCD

analogous

#CD4740 #CD8E40 #C6CD40

triadic

#CD8E40 #40CD8E #8E40CD

tetradic

#CD8E40 #40CD47 #407FCD #CD40C6

square

#CD8E40 #40CD47 #407FCD #CD40C6

split-complementary

#CD8E40 #40C6CD #4740CD

monochromatic

#744E1E #A56E2B #CD8E40 #DAAB71 #E6C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CD8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E40

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E40	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af78',
    500: '#cd8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e40;
$custom-light: #e1af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69502,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E40

secondary

#96B1D3

accent

#8CE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E40

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

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