#CD8857#CD8857

#CD8857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.107 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8857
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 21.36, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 42.59, 59.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0607 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.107 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7036, 31.2786, 13.1720)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8857 #579CCD

analogous

#CD5761 #CD8857 #CDC357

triadic

#CD8857 #57CD88 #8857CD

tetradic

#CD8857 #61CD57 #579CCD #C357CD

square

#CD8857 #61CD57 #579CCD #C357CD

split-complementary

#CD8857 #57CDC3 #5761CD

monochromatic

#834D27 #B26935 #CD8857 #DBA986 #E9CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CD8857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#CD8857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8857

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8857	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.107 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab87',
    500: '#cd8857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8857;
$custom-light: #e0ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.915,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68675,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8857

secondary

#A8C4D8

accent

#A0DD4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8857

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

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