#CD8B51#CD8B51

#CD8B51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B51
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 19.28, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 45.09, 64.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0536 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.11 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8970, 32.0415, 12.0770)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B51 #5193CD

analogous

#CD5155 #CD8B51 #CDC951

triadic

#CD8B51 #51CD8B #8B51CD

tetradic

#CD8B51 #55CD51 #5193CD #C951CD

square

#CD8B51 #55CD51 #5193CD #C951CD

split-complementary

#CD8B51 #51CDC9 #5155CD

monochromatic

#7F4F25 #AF6C32 #CD8B51 #DBAB81 #E8CAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#CD8B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B51

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B51	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)

#9F914C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad83',
    500: '#cd8b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b51;
$custom-light: #e0ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69142,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B51

secondary

#A3BFD7

accent

#99DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B51

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

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