#CD7857#CD7857

#CD7857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7857
RGB	rgb(205, 120, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 30.02, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 44.09, 47.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0869 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.116 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6160, 27.1035, 12.4761)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7857 #57ACCD

analogous

#CD5771 #CD7857 #CDB357

triadic

#CD7857 #57CD78 #7857CD

tetradic

#CD7857 #71CD57 #57ACCD #B357CD

square

#CD7857 #71CD57 #57ACCD #B357CD

split-complementary

#CD7857 #57CDB3 #5771CD

monochromatic

#834127 #B25835 #CD7857 #DB9E86 #E9C4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#CD7857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#CD7857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7857

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7857	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)

#8E8354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 120, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a087',
    500: '#cd7857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7857;
$custom-light: #e0a087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.78,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65842,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7857

secondary

#A8CAD8

accent

#B4DD4A

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7857

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

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