#CD855F#CD855F

#CD855F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.103 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD855F
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 23.65, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 39.63, 53.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0687 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.103 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6321, 30.5835, 14.8508)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD855F #5FA7CD

analogous

#CD5F70 #CD855F #CDBC5F

triadic

#CD855F #5FCD85 #855FCD

tetradic

#CD855F #70CD5F #5FA7CD #BC5FCD

square

#CD855F #70CD5F #5FA7CD #BC5FCD

split-complementary

#CD855F #5FCDBC #5F70CD

monochromatic

#874A2A #B66439 #CD855F #DCA98E #EACCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CD855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#CD855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD855F

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD855F	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.103 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a98d',
    500: '#cd855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd855f;
$custom-light: #e0a98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68258,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD855F

secondary

#AECBDA

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD855F

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

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