#CD8E5A#CD8E5A

#CD8E5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E5A
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 90)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 18.33, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 41.35, 63.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0521 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.103 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6975, 33.0662, 14.1205)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E5A #5A99CD

analogous

#CD5A60 #CD8E5A #CDC75A

triadic

#CD8E5A #5ACD8E #8E5ACD

tetradic

#CD8E5A #60CD5A #5A99CD #C75ACD

square

#CD8E5A #60CD5A #5A99CD #C75ACD

split-complementary

#CD8E5A #5ACDC7 #5A60CD

monochromatic

#845228 #B36F36 #CD8E5A #DBAE89 #E9CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#CD8E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E5A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E5A	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)

#A19356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af8a',
    500: '#cd8e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e5a;
$custom-light: #e0af8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.13,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E5A

secondary

#AAC4D8

accent

#9BDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E5A

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

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