#CD8D56#CD8D56

#CD8D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D56
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 18.56, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 43.02, 64.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0522 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.106 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3837, 32.7037, 13.1985)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D56 #5696CD

analogous

#CD565B #CD8D56 #CDC956

triadic

#CD8D56 #56CD8D #8D56CD

tetradic

#CD8D56 #5BCD56 #5696CD #C956CD

square

#CD8D56 #5BCD56 #5696CD #C956CD

split-complementary

#CD8D56 #56CDC9 #565BCD

monochromatic

#825126 #B16E34 #CD8D56 #DBAD85 #E9CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CD8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D56

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D56	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae87',
    500: '#cd8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d56;
$custom-light: #e0ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.731,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D56

secondary

#A7C1D8

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D56

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

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