#CD9255#CD9255

#CD9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9255
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 15.76, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 43.71, 68.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0437 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.106 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0976, 34.1956, 13.2391)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9255 #5590CD

analogous

#CD5655 #CD9255 #CCCD55

triadic

#CD9255 #55CD92 #9255CD

tetradic

#CD9255 #55CD56 #5590CD #CD55CC

square

#CD9255 #55CD56 #5590CD #CD55CC

split-complementary

#CD9255 #55CCCD #5655CD

monochromatic

#825526 #B17334 #CD9255 #DBB084 #E9CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CD9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#CD9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9255

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9255	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b286',
    500: '#cd9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9255;
$custom-light: #e0b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9255

secondary

#A6BED7

accent

#93DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9255

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

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