#CD8E56#CD8E56

#CD8E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E56
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 18.02, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 43.05, 65.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0506 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.106 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5318, 32.9999, 13.2479)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E56 #5695CD

analogous

#CD565A #CD8E56 #CDC956

triadic

#CD8E56 #56CD8E #8E56CD

tetradic

#CD8E56 #5ACD56 #5695CD #C956CD

square

#CD8E56 #5ACD56 #5695CD #C956CD

split-complementary

#CD8E56 #56CDC9 #565ACD

monochromatic

#825226 #B16F34 #CD8E56 #DBAE85 #E9CDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#CD8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E56

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E56	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)

#A19351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af87',
    500: '#cd8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e56;
$custom-light: #e0af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69772,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E56

secondary

#A7C1D8

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E56

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

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