#CD8B5E#CD8B5E

#CD8B5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.101 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B5E
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 20.30, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 39.69, 59.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0585 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.101 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4320, 32.2555, 14.8946)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B5E #5EA0CD

analogous

#CD5E68 #CD8B5E #CDC25E

triadic

#CD8B5E #5ECD8B #8B5ECD

tetradic

#CD8B5E #68CD5E #5EA0CD #C25ECD

square

#CD8B5E #68CD5E #5EA0CD #C25ECD

split-complementary

#CD8B5E #5ECDC2 #5E68CD

monochromatic

#87502A #B56B38 #CD8B5E #DCAD8D #EACEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CD8B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CD8B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B5E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B5E	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E915A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.101 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad8c',
    500: '#cd8b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b5e;
$custom-light: #dfad8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.324,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B5E

secondary

#ADC8D9

accent

#A2DC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B5E

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

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