#CD8E65#CD8E65

#CD8E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 53.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8E65
RGB	rgb(205, 142, 101)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, 19.29, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 36.83, 58.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0563 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.095 53.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2008, 33.2676, 16.7714)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8E65 #65A4CD

analogous

#CD6570 #CD8E65 #CDC265

triadic

#CD8E65 #65CD8E #8E65CD

tetradic

#CD8E65 #70CD65 #65A4CD #C265CD

square

#CD8E65 #70CD65 #65A4CD #C265CD

split-complementary

#CD8E65 #65CDC2 #6570CD

monochromatic

#8B522D #B96D3C #CD8E65 #DCB093 #EBD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CD8E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#CD8E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8E65

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8E65	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 142, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 53.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf91',
    500: '#cd8e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8e65;
$custom-light: #dfaf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.654,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7001,
    "c": 0.09493,
    "h": 53.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8E65

secondary

#B3CBDB

accent

#A3DA4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8E65

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

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