#CD8A59#CD8A59

#CD8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A59
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(25, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 20.43, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 41.74, 60.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0582 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.105 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0707, 31.8803, 13.7030)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A59 #599CCD

analogous

#CD5962 #CD8A59 #CDC459

triadic

#CD8A59 #59CD8A #8A59CD

tetradic

#CD8A59 #62CD59 #599CCD #C459CD

square

#CD8A59 #62CD59 #599CCD #C459CD

split-complementary

#CD8A59 #59CDC4 #5962CD

monochromatic

#844F28 #B36B36 #CD8A59 #DBAB88 #E9CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CD8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CD8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A59

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A59	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac89',
    500: '#cd8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a59;
$custom-light: #e0ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.345,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69073,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A59

secondary

#AAC5D8

accent

#9FDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A59

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

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