#CD8D59#CD8D59

#CD8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D59
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 18.80, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 41.75, 63.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0533 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.104 59)
XYZ	xyz(36.5071, 32.7531, 13.8485)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D59 #5999CD

analogous

#CD595F #CD8D59 #CDC759

triadic

#CD8D59 #59CD8D #8D59CD

tetradic

#CD8D59 #5FCD59 #5999CD #C759CD

square

#CD8D59 #5FCD59 #5999CD #C759CD

split-complementary

#CD8D59 #59CDC7 #595FCD

monochromatic

#845128 #B36E36 #CD8D59 #DBAD88 #E9CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CD8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D59

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D59	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae89',
    500: '#cd8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d59;
$custom-light: #e0ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69629,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.3275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D59

secondary

#AAC3D8

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D59

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

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