#cd942e

Color #cd942e

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 7.64 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cd942e

RGB

rgb(205, 148, 46)

HSL

hsl(38.5, 63.3%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.5, 77.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 77.6%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(65.25, 12.44, 58.81)

LCH

lch(65.25, 60.11, 78.06)

OKLCH

oklch(70.5%, 0.1315, 77.39)

HWB

hwb(38.5, 18%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e67cd

Analogous

#cd452e

#cd942e

#b6cd2e

Triadic

#cd942e

#2ecd94

#942ecd

Split-complementary

#cd942e

#2eb6cd

#452ecd

Tetradic

#cd942e

#67cd2e

#2e67cd

#942ecd

Square

#cd942e

#2ecd45

#2e67cd

#cd2eb6

Shades

Color #cd942e mixed toward black.

#ab7b26

#89631f

#664a17

#44310f

#221908

Tints

Color #cd942e mixed toward white.

#d7a64f

#dfb872

#e7ca95

#efdcb8

#f7eddc

Tones

Color #cd942e mixed toward gray.

#c0903b

#b28c49

#a58956

#988563

#8b8170

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b756 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#babe5c · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#cb6a6e · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd942e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd942e]

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Wheat #f5deb3

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Floral White #fffaf0

Frequently asked questions

#cd942e (#cd942e) is rgb(205, 148, 46) in RGB.

No, #cd942e 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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