#CD8E49#CD8E49

#CD8E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E49
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 17.09, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 48.65, 69.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.046 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.115 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0548, 32.8092, 10.7359)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E49 #4988CD

analogous

#CD4C49 #CD8E49 #CACD49

triadic

#CD8E49 #49CD8E #8E49CD

tetradic

#CD8E49 #49CD4C #4988CD #CD49CA

square

#CD8E49 #49CD4C #4988CD #CD49CA

split-complementary

#CD8E49 #49CACD #4C49CD

monochromatic

#7A5022 #AA6F2F #CD8E49 #DAAC79 #E7CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#CD8E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E49

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E49	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)

#A39242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7e',
    500: '#cd8e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e49;
$custom-light: #e0af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69601,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E49

secondary

#9DB8D5

accent

#90E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E49

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

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