#CD8959#CD8959

#CD8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8959
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(25, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 20.98, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 41.76, 59.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0599 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.105 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9279, 31.5947, 13.6554)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8959 #599DCD

analogous

#CD5963 #CD8959 #CDC359

triadic

#CD8959 #59CD89 #8959CD

tetradic

#CD8959 #63CD59 #599DCD #C359CD

square

#CD8959 #63CD59 #599DCD #C359CD

split-complementary

#CD8959 #59CDC3 #5963CD

monochromatic

#844E28 #B36A36 #CD8959 #DBAA88 #E9CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CD8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CD8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8959

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8959	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab89',
    500: '#cd8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8959;
$custom-light: #e0ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.828,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8959

secondary

#AAC5D8

accent

#A1DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8959

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

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