#CD8A5E#CD8A5E

#CD8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.101 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A5E
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 20.85, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 39.72, 58.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0601 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.101 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2878, 31.9672, 14.8466)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A5E #5EA1CD

analogous

#CD5E69 #CD8A5E #CDC25E

triadic

#CD8A5E #5ECD8A #8A5ECD

tetradic

#CD8A5E #69CD5E #5EA1CD #C25ECD

square

#CD8A5E #69CD5E #5EA1CD #C25ECD

split-complementary

#CD8A5E #5ECDC2 #5E69CD

monochromatic

#874F2A #B56A38 #CD8A5E #DCAC8D #EACEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CD8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CD8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A5E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A5E	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.101 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac8c',
    500: '#cd8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a5e;
$custom-light: #e0ac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.784,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69152,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A5E

secondary

#ADC8D9

accent

#A3DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A5E

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

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