#CD8957#CD8957

#CD8957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8957
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 20.82, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 42.57, 60.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0591 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.106 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8450, 31.5616, 13.2191)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8957 #579BCD

analogous

#CD5760 #CD8957 #CDC457

triadic

#CD8957 #57CD89 #8957CD

tetradic

#CD8957 #60CD57 #579BCD #C457CD

square

#CD8957 #60CD57 #579BCD #C457CD

split-complementary

#CD8957 #57CDC4 #5760CD

monochromatic

#834E27 #B26A35 #CD8957 #DBAA86 #E9CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CD8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8957

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8957	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)

#9D8F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab87',
    500: '#cd8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8957;
$custom-light: #e0ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.424,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68858,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8957

secondary

#A8C4D8

accent

#9FDD4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8957

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

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