#CD8A65#CD8A65

#CD8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A65
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 21.47, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 37.01, 54.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0629 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.097 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6163, 32.0986, 16.5765)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A65 #65A8CD

analogous

#CD6574 #CD8A65 #CDBE65

triadic

#CD8A65 #65CD8A #8A65CD

tetradic

#CD8A65 #74CD65 #65A8CD #BE65CD

square

#CD8A65 #74CD65 #65A8CD #BE65CD

split-complementary

#CD8A65 #65CDBE #6574CD

monochromatic

#8B4E2D #B9683C #CD8A65 #DCAD93 #EBD0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A65

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A65	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac91',
    500: '#cd8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a65;
$custom-light: #dfac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.346,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69271,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A65

secondary

#B3CDDB

accent

#A8DA4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A65

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

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