#CD8A66#CD8A66

#CD8A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A66
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 102)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 21.56, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 36.64, 53.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0633 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.096 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6656, 32.1183, 16.8361)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A66 #66A9CD

analogous

#CD6675 #CD8A66 #CDBE66

triadic

#CD8A66 #66CD8A #8A66CD

tetradic

#CD8A66 #75CD66 #66A9CD #BE66CD

square

#CD8A66 #75CD66 #66A9CD #BE66CD

split-complementary

#CD8A66 #66CDBE #6675CD

monochromatic

#8B4E2D #B9683D #CD8A66 #DCAD94 #EBD1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8A66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A66

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A66	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)

#9C9163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac92',
    500: '#cd8a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a66;
$custom-light: #dfac92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.971,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69289,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A66

secondary

#B4CDDB

accent

#89BE27

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A66

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

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