#CD8C55#CD8C55

#CD8C55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C55
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 19.03, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 43.42, 64.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0535 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.107 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1969, 32.3941, 12.9389)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C55 #5596CD

analogous

#CD555A #CD8C55 #CDC855

triadic

#CD8C55 #55CD8C #8C55CD

tetradic

#CD8C55 #5ACD55 #5596CD #C855CD

square

#CD8C55 #5ACD55 #5596CD #C855CD

split-complementary

#CD8C55 #55CDC8 #555ACD

monochromatic

#825026 #B16D34 #CD8C55 #DBAC84 #E9CCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CD8C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C55

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C55	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad86',
    500: '#cd8c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c55;
$custom-light: #e0ad86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69384,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C55

secondary

#A6C1D7

accent

#9ADE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C55

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

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