#CD8956#CD8956

#CD8956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8956
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 20.74, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 42.99, 61.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0587 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.107 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8045, 31.5454, 13.0054)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8956 #569ACD

analogous

#CD565F #CD8956 #CDC456

triadic

#CD8956 #56CD89 #8956CD

tetradic

#CD8956 #5FCD56 #569ACD #C456CD

square

#CD8956 #5FCD56 #569ACD #C456CD

split-complementary

#CD8956 #56CDC4 #565FCD

monochromatic

#824E26 #B16A34 #CD8956 #DBAA85 #E9CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CD8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8956

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8956	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)

#9D8F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab87',
    500: '#cd8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8956;
$custom-light: #e0ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68844,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8956

secondary

#A7C3D8

accent

#9EDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8956

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

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