#CD856B#CD856B

#CD856B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856B
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 107)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 24.77, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 35.50, 45.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0735 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.097 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2202, 30.8187, 17.9480)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856B #6BB3CD

analogous

#CD6B82 #CD856B #CDB66B

triadic

#CD856B #6BCD85 #856BCD

tetradic

#CD856B #82CD6B #6BB3CD #B66BCD

square

#CD856B #82CD6B #6BB3CD #B66BCD

split-complementary

#CD856B #6BCDB6 #6B82CD

monochromatic

#8E4930 #BB603F #CD856B #DCAB99 #ECD0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD856B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CD856B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856B	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)

#978E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa995',
    500: '#cd856b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856b;
$custom-light: #dfa995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68477,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856B

secondary

#B8D3DC

accent

#96BD29

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856B

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

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