#CD8F35#CD8F35

#CD8F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8F35
RGB	rgb(205, 143, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 15.45, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 56.99, 74.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0384 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.127 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6445, 32.8841, 7.8375)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8F35 #3573CD

analogous

#CD4335 #CD8F35 #BFCD35

triadic

#CD8F35 #35CD8F #8F35CD

tetradic

#CD8F35 #35CD43 #3573CD #CD35BF

square

#CD8F35 #35CD43 #3573CD #CD35BF

split-complementary

#CD8F35 #35BFCD #4335CD

monochromatic

#6D4B1B #9E6D27 #CD8F35 #D9AA66 #E5C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CD8F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#CD8F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8F35

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8F35	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)

#A59229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 143, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af72',
    500: '#cd8f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8f35;
$custom-light: #e1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8F35

secondary

#8DA9D1

accent

#85E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8F35

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

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