#CD8A53#CD8A53

#CD8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A53
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 19.97, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 44.23, 63.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.056 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.109 59)
XYZ	xyz(35.8289, 31.7836, 12.4298)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A53 #5396CD

analogous

#CD5359 #CD8A53 #CDC753

triadic

#CD8A53 #53CD8A #8A53CD

tetradic

#CD8A53 #59CD53 #5396CD #C753CD

square

#CD8A53 #59CD53 #5396CD #C753CD

split-complementary

#CD8A53 #53CDC7 #5359CD

monochromatic

#804E25 #B06B33 #CD8A53 #DBAA82 #E9CBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CD8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A53

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A53	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)

#9E904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac85',
    500: '#cd8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a53;
$custom-light: #e0ac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.049,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.31781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A53

secondary

#A5C0D7

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A53

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

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