#CD8E45#CD8E45

#CD8E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.117 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E45
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 16.84, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 50.36, 70.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0447 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.117 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9264, 32.7578, 10.0598)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E45 #4584CD

analogous

#CD4A45 #CD8E45 #C8CD45

triadic

#CD8E45 #45CD8E #8E45CD

tetradic

#CD8E45 #45CD4A #4584CD #CD45C8

square

#CD8E45 #45CD4A #4584CD #CD45C8

split-complementary

#CD8E45 #45C8CD #4A45CD

monochromatic

#774F20 #A86F2D #CD8E45 #DAAB75 #E7C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CD8E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E45

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E45	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.117 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af7b',
    500: '#cd8e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e45;
$custom-light: #e1af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.206,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69555,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E45

secondary

#9AB5D4

accent

#8EE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E45

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

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