#CD8557#CD8557

#CD8557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8557
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 22.99, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 42.70, 57.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0656 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.108 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2870, 30.4454, 13.0331)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8557 #579FCD

analogous

#CD5764 #CD8557 #CDC057

triadic

#CD8557 #57CD85 #8557CD

tetradic

#CD8557 #64CD57 #579FCD #C057CD

square

#CD8557 #64CD57 #579FCD #C057CD

split-complementary

#CD8557 #57CDC0 #5764CD

monochromatic

#834B27 #B26635 #CD8557 #DBA786 #E9C9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CD8557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#CD8557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8557

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8557	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a987',
    500: '#cd8557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8557;
$custom-light: #e0a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.39,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68129,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8557

secondary

#A8C5D8

accent

#A4DD4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8557

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

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