#CD8A56#CD8A56

#CD8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.107 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A56
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 20.19, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 42.98, 61.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0571 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.107 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9473, 31.8310, 13.0530)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A56 #5699CD

analogous

#CD565E #CD8A56 #CDC556

triadic

#CD8A56 #56CD8A #8A56CD

tetradic

#CD8A56 #5ECD56 #5699CD #C556CD

square

#CD8A56 #5ECD56 #5699CD #C556CD

split-complementary

#CD8A56 #56CDC5 #565ECD

monochromatic

#824F26 #B16B34 #CD8A56 #DBAB85 #E9CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CD8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A56

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A56	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.107 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac87',
    500: '#cd8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a56;
$custom-light: #e0ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.218,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A56

secondary

#A7C2D8

accent

#9DDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A56

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

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