#CD8F38#CD8F38

#CD8F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8F38
RGB	rgb(205, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 15.59, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 55.81, 73.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0392 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.126 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7156, 32.9126, 8.2124)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8F38 #3876CD

analogous

#CD4438 #CD8F38 #C0CD38

triadic

#CD8F38 #38CD8F #8F38CD

tetradic

#CD8F38 #38CD44 #3876CD #CD38C0

square

#CD8F38 #38CD44 #3876CD #CD38C0

split-complementary

#CD8F38 #38C0CD #4438CD

monochromatic

#6F4C1C #A06E28 #CD8F38 #D9AB69 #E6C69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CD8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#CD8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8F38

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8F38	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af73',
    500: '#cd8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8f38;
$custom-light: #e1af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.034,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69616,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8F38

secondary

#8FABD1

accent

#87E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8F38

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

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