#CD856D#CD856D

#CD856D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856D
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 24.96, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 34.88, 44.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.0743 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.096 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3266, 30.8613, 18.5086)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856D #6DB5CD

analogous

#CD6D85 #CD856D #CDB56D

triadic

#CD856D #6DCD85 #856DCD

tetradic

#CD856D #85CD6D #6DB5CD #B56DCD

square

#CD856D #85CD6D #6DB5CD #B56DCD

split-complementary

#CD856D #6DCDB5 #6D85CD

monochromatic

#8F4831 #BC5F40 #CD856D #DDAB9B #ECD1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CD856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856D	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)

#978E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa997',
    500: '#cd856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856d;
$custom-light: #dfa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68517,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856D

secondary

#B9D4DD

accent

#98BC29

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856D

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

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