#CD855E#CD855E

#CD855E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD855E
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 23.57, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 40.00, 53.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0683 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.104 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5869, 30.5654, 14.6130)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD855E #5EA6CD

analogous

#CD5E6E #CD855E #CDBC5E

triadic

#CD855E #5ECD85 #855ECD

tetradic

#CD855E #6ECD5E #5EA6CD #BC5ECD

square

#CD855E #6ECD5E #5EA6CD #BC5ECD

split-complementary

#CD855E #5ECDBC #5E6ECD

monochromatic

#874A2A #B56438 #CD855E #DCA88D #EACCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CD855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CD855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD855E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD855E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a98c',
    500: '#cd855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd855e;
$custom-light: #e0a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD855E

secondary

#ADCAD9

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD855E

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

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