#CD8A55#CD8A55

#CD8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.107 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A55
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 20.12, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 43.40, 62.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0567 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.107 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9073, 31.8150, 12.8423)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A55 #5598CD

analogous

#CD555C #CD8A55 #CDC655

triadic

#CD8A55 #55CD8A #8A55CD

tetradic

#CD8A55 #5CCD55 #5598CD #C655CD

square

#CD8A55 #5CCD55 #5598CD #C655CD

split-complementary

#CD8A55 #55CDC6 #555CCD

monochromatic

#824E26 #B16B34 #CD8A55 #DBAB84 #E9CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CD8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A55

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A55	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)

#9E9050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.107 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac86',
    500: '#cd8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a55;
$custom-light: #e0ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69013,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A55

secondary

#A6C2D7

accent

#9DDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A55

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

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