#CD8551#CD8551

#CD8551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.112 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8551
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 22.54, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 45.10, 60.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0634 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.112 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0519, 30.3514, 11.7953)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8551 #5199CD

analogous

#CD515B #CD8551 #CDC351

triadic

#CD8551 #51CD85 #8551CD

tetradic

#CD8551 #5BCD51 #5199CD #C351CD

square

#CD8551 #5BCD51 #5199CD #C351CD

split-complementary

#CD8551 #51CDC3 #515BCD

monochromatic

#7F4A25 #AF6632 #CD8551 #DBA681 #E8C8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CD8551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#CD8551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8551

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8551	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.112 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a983',
    500: '#cd8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8551;
$custom-light: #e0a983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68041,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8551

secondary

#A3C1D7

accent

#A0DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8551

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

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