#cd8308

Color #cd8308

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 11.44 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#cd8308

RGB

rgb(205, 131, 8)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 96.1%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(60.99, 20.79, 65.61)

LCH

lch(60.99, 68.83, 72.42)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.144, 69.77)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 3.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0852cd

Analogous

#cd2108

#cd8308

#b5cd08

Triadic

#cd8308

#08cd83

#8308cd

Split-complementary

#cd8308

#08b5cd

#2108cd

Tetradic

#cd8308

#52cd08

#0852cd

#8308cd

Square

#cd8308

#08cd21

#0852cd

#cd08b5

Shades

Color #cd8308 mixed toward black.

#ab6d07

#895705

#674204

#442c03

#221601

Tints

Color #cd8308 mixed toward white.

#f6a011

#f8b341

#f9c670

#fbd9a0

#fdeccf

Tones

Color #cd8308 mixed toward gray.

#bd7f18

#ac7b29

#9c7739

#8b734a

#7b6f5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b143 · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#b6bb4b · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#ca595d · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 27

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cd8308;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd8308]

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Frequently asked questions

#cd8308 (#cd8308) is rgb(205, 131, 8) in RGB.

No, #cd8308 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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