#CD8A63#CD8A63

#CD8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A63
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 21.29, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 37.77, 55.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0621 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.098 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5195, 32.0599, 16.0667)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A63 #63A6CD

analogous

#CD6371 #CD8A63 #CDBF63

triadic

#CD8A63 #63CD8A #8A63CD

tetradic

#CD8A63 #71CD63 #63A6CD #BF63CD

square

#CD8A63 #71CD63 #63A6CD #BF63CD

split-complementary

#CD8A63 #63CDBF #6371CD

monochromatic

#8A4E2C #B8693B #CD8A63 #DCAD91 #EBD0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CD8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A63

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A63	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac90',
    500: '#cd8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a63;
$custom-light: #dfac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.075,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A63

secondary

#B1CBDA

accent

#A7DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A63

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

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