#CD8B59#CD8B59

#CD8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B59
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 19.89, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 41.74, 61.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0566 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.104 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2148, 32.1686, 13.7511)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B59 #599BCD

analogous

#CD5961 #CD8B59 #CDC559

triadic

#CD8B59 #59CD8B #8B59CD

tetradic

#CD8B59 #61CD59 #599BCD #C559CD

square

#CD8B59 #61CD59 #599BCD #C559CD

split-complementary

#CD8B59 #59CDC5 #5961CD

monochromatic

#844F28 #B36C36 #CD8B59 #DBAC88 #E9CDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CD8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B59

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B59	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad89',
    500: '#cd8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b59;
$custom-light: #e0ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69258,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B59

secondary

#AAC4D8

accent

#9EDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B59

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

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