#CD8E72#CD8E72

#CD8E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.087 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E72
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 20.58, 24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 32.02, 50.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0615 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.087 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8888, 33.5428, 20.3952)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E72 #72B1CD

analogous

#CD7283 #CD8E72 #CDBC72

triadic

#CD8E72 #72CD8E #8E72CD

tetradic

#CD8E72 #83CD72 #72B1CD #BC72CD

square

#CD8E72 #83CD72 #72B1CD #BC72CD

split-complementary

#CD8E72 #72CDBC #7283CD

monochromatic

#915033 #BD6A45 #CD8E72 #DDB29F #EDD6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD8E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#CD8E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E72

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E72	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.087 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf9a',
    500: '#cd8e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e72;
$custom-light: #dfaf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E72

secondary

#BDD4DE

accent

#8FBB2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E72

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

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