#CD8B56#CD8B56

#CD8B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.106 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B56
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 19.65, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 42.99, 62.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0555 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.106 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0914, 32.1192, 13.1011)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B56 #5698CD

analogous

#CD565C #CD8B56 #CDC756

triadic

#CD8B56 #56CD8B #8B56CD

tetradic

#CD8B56 #5CCD56 #5698CD #C756CD

square

#CD8B56 #5CCD56 #5698CD #C756CD

split-complementary

#CD8B56 #56CDC7 #565CCD

monochromatic

#824F26 #B16C34 #CD8B56 #DBAB85 #E9CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B56

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B56	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)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.106 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad87',
    500: '#cd8b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b56;
$custom-light: #e0ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.723,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69213,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B56

secondary

#A7C2D8

accent

#9CDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B56

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

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