#CD8E59#CD8E59

#CD8E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E59
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 18.25, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 41.78, 64.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0517 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.103 60)
XYZ	xyz(36.6552, 33.0493, 13.8979)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E59 #5998CD

analogous

#CD595E #CD8E59 #CDC859

triadic

#CD8E59 #59CD8E #8E59CD

tetradic

#CD8E59 #5ECD59 #5998CD #C859CD

square

#CD8E59 #5ECD59 #5998CD #C859CD

split-complementary

#CD8E59 #59CDC8 #595ECD

monochromatic

#845228 #B36F36 #CD8E59 #DBAE88 #E9CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#CD8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E59

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E59	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af89',
    500: '#cd8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e59;
$custom-light: #e0af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.414,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69816,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.33046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E59

secondary

#AAC3D8

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E59

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

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