#CD8E41#CD8E41

#CD8E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E41
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 16.61, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 52.04, 71.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0434 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.12 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8064, 32.7098, 9.4278)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E41 #4180CD

analogous

#CD4841 #CD8E41 #C6CD41

triadic

#CD8E41 #41CD8E #8E41CD

tetradic

#CD8E41 #41CD48 #4180CD #CD41C6

square

#CD8E41 #41CD48 #4180CD #CD41C6

split-complementary

#CD8E41 #41C6CD #4841CD

monochromatic

#754E1F #A56E2C #CD8E41 #DAAB71 #E6C8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CD8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E41

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E41	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af79',
    500: '#cd8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e41;
$custom-light: #e1af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69513,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E41

secondary

#97B2D3

accent

#8CE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E41

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

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