#CD8E48#CD8E48

#CD8E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E48
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 17.03, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 49.08, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0456 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.115 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0219, 32.7960, 10.5627)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E48 #4887CD

analogous

#CD4C48 #CD8E48 #CACD48

triadic

#CD8E48 #48CD8E #8E48CD

tetradic

#CD8E48 #48CD4C #4887CD #CD48CA

square

#CD8E48 #48CD4C #4887CD #CD48CA

split-complementary

#CD8E48 #48CACD #4C48CD

monochromatic

#795021 #A96F2E #CD8E48 #DAAC78 #E7C9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#CD8E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E48

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E48	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7d',
    500: '#cd8e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e48;
$custom-light: #e0af7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E48

secondary

#9CB7D5

accent

#90E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E48

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

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