#CD7856#CD7856

#CD7856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7856
RGB	rgb(205, 120, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 29.94, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 44.43, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0865 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.117 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5754, 27.0873, 12.2624)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7856 #56ABCD

analogous

#CD5670 #CD7856 #CDB456

triadic

#CD7856 #56CD78 #7856CD

tetradic

#CD7856 #70CD56 #56ABCD #B456CD

square

#CD7856 #70CD56 #56ABCD #B456CD

split-complementary

#CD7856 #56CDB4 #5670CD

monochromatic

#824126 #B15834 #CD7856 #DB9E85 #E9C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#CD7856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#CD7856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7856

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7856	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 120, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a086',
    500: '#cd7856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7856;
$custom-light: #e1a086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65825,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7856

secondary

#A7CAD8

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7856

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

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