#CD8965#CD8965

#CD8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8965
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 22.01, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 37.08, 53.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0645 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.097 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4735, 31.8130, 16.5289)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8965 #65A9CD

analogous

#CD6575 #CD8965 #CDBD65

triadic

#CD8965 #65CD89 #8965CD

tetradic

#CD8965 #75CD65 #65A9CD #BD65CD

square

#CD8965 #75CD65 #65A9CD #BD65CD

split-complementary

#CD8965 #65CDBD #6575CD

monochromatic

#8B4D2D #B9673C #CD8965 #DCAC93 #EBD0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CD8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8965

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8965	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab91',
    500: '#cd8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8965;
$custom-light: #dfab91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69088,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8965

secondary

#B3CDDB

accent

#AADA4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8965

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

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