#CD9159#CD9159

#CD9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9159
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 16.62, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 41.90, 66.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0468 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.103 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1076, 33.9540, 14.0486)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9159 #5995CD

analogous

#CD595B #CD9159 #CDCB59

triadic

#CD9159 #59CD91 #9159CD

tetradic

#CD9159 #5BCD59 #5995CD #CB59CD

square

#CD9159 #5BCD59 #5995CD #CB59CD

split-complementary

#CD9159 #59CDCB #595BCD

monochromatic

#845428 #B37236 #CD9159 #DBB088 #E9CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CD9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#CD9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9159

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9159	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b189',
    500: '#cd9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9159;
$custom-light: #e0b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.966,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7038,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9159

secondary

#AAC2D8

accent

#96DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9159

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

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