#CD8855#CD8855

#CD8855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.108 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8855
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 21.21, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 43.41, 60.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.06 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.108 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6230, 31.2464, 12.7476)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8855 #559ACD

analogous

#CD555E #CD8855 #CDC455

triadic

#CD8855 #55CD88 #8855CD

tetradic

#CD8855 #5ECD55 #559ACD #C455CD

square

#CD8855 #5ECD55 #559ACD #C455CD

split-complementary

#CD8855 #55CDC4 #555ECD

monochromatic

#824D26 #B16934 #CD8855 #DBA984 #E9CAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CD8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8855

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8855	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.108 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab86',
    500: '#cd8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8855;
$custom-light: #e0ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68645,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8855

secondary

#A6C3D7

accent

#9FDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8855

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

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