#CD8E5B#CD8E5B

#CD8E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.102 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E5B
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 18.41, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 40.93, 63.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0524 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.102 59)
XYZ	xyz(36.7403, 33.0834, 14.3462)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E5B #5B9ACD

analogous

#CD5B61 #CD8E5B #CDC75B

triadic

#CD8E5B #5BCD8E #8E5BCD

tetradic

#CD8E5B #61CD5B #5B9ACD #C75BCD

square

#CD8E5B #61CD5B #5B9ACD #C75BCD

split-complementary

#CD8E5B #5BCDC7 #5B61CD

monochromatic

#855229 #B46F37 #CD8E5B #DBAE8A #EACFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#CD8E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E5B

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E5B	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.102 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af8a',
    500: '#cd8e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e5b;
$custom-light: #e0af8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.842,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.3308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E5B

secondary

#ABC4D9

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E5B

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

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