#CD8561#CD8561

#CD8561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8561
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, 23.83, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 38.90, 52.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0695 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.102 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7242, 30.6203, 15.3358)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8561 #61A9CD

analogous

#CD6173 #CD8561 #CDBB61

triadic

#CD8561 #61CD85 #8561CD

tetradic

#CD8561 #73CD61 #61A9CD #BB61CD

square

#CD8561 #73CD61 #61A9CD #BB61CD

split-complementary

#CD8561 #61CDBB #6173CD

monochromatic

#884A2B #B7643A #CD8561 #DCA98F #EACDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CD8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#CD8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8561

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8561	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)

#988D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a98e',
    500: '#cd8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8561;
$custom-light: #e0a98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68292,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8561

secondary

#B0CCDA

accent

#ACDB4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8561

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

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