#CD856A#CD856A

#CD856A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856A
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 24.67, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 35.82, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0731 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.097 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1679, 30.7978, 17.6726)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856A #6AB2CD

analogous

#CD6A80 #CD856A #CDB76A

triadic

#CD856A #6ACD85 #856ACD

tetradic

#CD856A #80CD6A #6AB2CD #B76ACD

square

#CD856A #80CD6A #6AB2CD #B76ACD

split-complementary

#CD856A #6ACDB7 #6A80CD

monochromatic

#8D492F #BB613F #CD856A #DCAB98 #ECD0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CD856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856A	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa995',
    500: '#cd856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856a;
$custom-light: #dfa995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68458,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856A

secondary

#B7D2DC

accent

#95BD28

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856A

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

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