#CD8E51#CD8E51

#CD8E51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E51
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 81)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 17.64, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 45.20, 67.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0488 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.109 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3373, 32.9222, 12.2238)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E51 #5190CD

analogous

#CD5152 #CD8E51 #CDCC51

triadic

#CD8E51 #51CD8E #8E51CD

tetradic

#CD8E51 #52CD51 #5190CD #CC51CD

square

#CD8E51 #52CD51 #5190CD #CC51CD

split-complementary

#CD8E51 #51CDCC #5152CD

monochromatic

#7F5125 #AF6F32 #CD8E51 #DBAD81 #E8CCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CD8E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#CD8E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E51

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E51	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af83',
    500: '#cd8e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e51;
$custom-light: #e0af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69702,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E51

secondary

#A3BDD7

accent

#95DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E51

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

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