#CD8E55#CD8E55

#CD8E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E55
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 17.94, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 43.48, 65.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0502 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.106 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4918, 32.9839, 13.0372)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E55 #5594CD

analogous

#CD5558 #CD8E55 #CDCA55

triadic

#CD8E55 #55CD8E #8E55CD

tetradic

#CD8E55 #58CD55 #5594CD #CA55CD

square

#CD8E55 #58CD55 #5594CD #CA55CD

split-complementary

#CD8E55 #55CDCA #5558CD

monochromatic

#825226 #B16F34 #CD8E55 #DBAD84 #E9CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#CD8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E55

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E55	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af86',
    500: '#cd8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e55;
$custom-light: #e0af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69757,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E55

secondary

#A6C0D7

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E55

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

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