#CD8D57#CD8D57

#CD8D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D57
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 18.64, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 42.60, 64.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0526 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.105 60)
XYZ	xyz(36.4242, 32.7199, 13.4122)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D57 #5797CD

analogous

#CD575C #CD8D57 #CDC857

triadic

#CD8D57 #57CD8D #8D57CD

tetradic

#CD8D57 #5CCD57 #5797CD #C857CD

square

#CD8D57 #5CCD57 #5797CD #C857CD

split-complementary

#CD8D57 #57CDC8 #575CCD

monochromatic

#835127 #B26E35 #CD8D57 #DBAD86 #E9CDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CD8D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D57

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D57	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A09252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae87',
    500: '#cd8d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d57;
$custom-light: #e0ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.458,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69599,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.32717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D57

secondary

#A8C2D8

accent

#9ADD4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D57

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

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