#CD8F42#CD8F42

#CD8F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8F42
RGB	rgb(205, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 16.12, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 51.70, 71.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0421 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.119 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9851, 33.0204, 9.6315)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8F42 #4280CD

analogous

#CD4942 #CD8F42 #C6CD42

triadic

#CD8F42 #42CD8F #8F42CD

tetradic

#CD8F42 #42CD49 #4280CD #CD42C6

square

#CD8F42 #42CD49 #4280CD #CD42C6

split-complementary

#CD8F42 #42C6CD #4942CD

monochromatic

#764F1F #A66F2C #CD8F42 #DAAC72 #E7C8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#CD8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8F42

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8F42	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af7a',
    500: '#cd8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8f42;
$custom-light: #e1af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8F42

secondary

#97B2D3

accent

#8CE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8F42

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

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