#CD8559#CD8559

#CD8559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8559
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 23.15, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 41.92, 56.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0664 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.107 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3698, 30.4785, 13.4694)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8559 #59A1CD

analogous

#CD5967 #CD8559 #CDBF59

triadic

#CD8559 #59CD85 #8559CD

tetradic

#CD8559 #67CD59 #59A1CD #BF59CD

square

#CD8559 #67CD59 #59A1CD #BF59CD

split-complementary

#CD8559 #59CDBF #5967CD

monochromatic

#844B28 #B36536 #CD8559 #DBA888 #E9CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CD8559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#CD8559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8559

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8559	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a989',
    500: '#cd8559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8559;
$custom-light: #e0a989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6816,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8559

secondary

#AAC7D8

accent

#A6DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8559

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

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