#CD8E42#CD8E42

#CD8E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E42
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 16.67, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 51.62, 71.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0437 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.119 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8357, 32.7215, 9.5817)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E42 #4281CD

analogous

#CD4842 #CD8E42 #C6CD42

triadic

#CD8E42 #42CD8E #8E42CD

tetradic

#CD8E42 #42CD48 #4281CD #CD42C6

square

#CD8E42 #42CD48 #4281CD #CD42C6

split-complementary

#CD8E42 #42C6CD #4842CD

monochromatic

#764E1F #A66F2C #CD8E42 #DAAB72 #E7C8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CD8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E42

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E42	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)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af7a',
    500: '#cd8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e42;
$custom-light: #e1af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E42

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8DE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E42

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

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