#CD8659#CD8659

#CD8659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.106 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8659
RGB	rgb(205, 134, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 22.61, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 41.86, 57.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0648 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.106 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5074, 30.7537, 13.5153)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8659 #59A0CD

analogous

#CD5966 #CD8659 #CDC059

triadic

#CD8659 #59CD86 #8659CD

tetradic

#CD8659 #66CD59 #59A0CD #C059CD

square

#CD8659 #66CD59 #59A0CD #C059CD

split-complementary

#CD8659 #59CDC0 #5966CD

monochromatic

#844B28 #B36636 #CD8659 #DBA888 #E9CBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CD8659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#CD8659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8659

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8659	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 134, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.106 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a989',
    500: '#cd8659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8659;
$custom-light: #e0a989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.276,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68341,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8659

secondary

#AAC6D8

accent

#A4DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8659

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

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