#CD856C#CD856C

#CD856C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856C
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 108)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 24.86, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 35.19, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0739 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.096 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2731, 30.8399, 18.2267)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856C #6CB4CD

analogous

#CD6C84 #CD856C #CDB66C

triadic

#CD856C #6CCD85 #856CCD

tetradic

#CD856C #84CD6C #6CB4CD #B66CCD

square

#CD856C #84CD6C #6CB4CD #B66CCD

split-complementary

#CD856C #6CCDB6 #6C84CD

monochromatic

#8E4930 #BC6040 #CD856C #DDAB9A #ECD1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD856C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CD856C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856C	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa996',
    500: '#cd856c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856c;
$custom-light: #dfa996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.464,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68497,
    "c": 0.09631,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856C

secondary

#B8D3DD

accent

#97BD29

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856C

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

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