#CD8955#CD8955

#CD8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8955
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 20.66, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 43.40, 61.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0584 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.108 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7645, 31.5294, 12.7947)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8955 #5599CD

analogous

#CD555D #CD8955 #CDC555

triadic

#CD8955 #55CD89 #8955CD

tetradic

#CD8955 #5DCD55 #5599CD #C555CD

square

#CD8955 #5DCD55 #5599CD #C555CD

split-complementary

#CD8955 #55CDC5 #555DCD

monochromatic

#824E26 #B16A34 #CD8955 #DBAA84 #E9CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CD8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8955

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8955	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab86',
    500: '#cd8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8955;
$custom-light: #e0ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68829,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8955

secondary

#A6C2D7

accent

#9EDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8955

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

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