#CD9259#CD9259

#CD9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9259
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 16.07, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 41.96, 67.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0452 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.103 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2610, 34.2610, 14.0998)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9259 #5994CD

analogous

#CD595A #CD9259 #CDCC59

triadic

#CD9259 #59CD92 #9259CD

tetradic

#CD9259 #5ACD59 #5994CD #CC59CD

square

#CD9259 #5ACD59 #5994CD #CC59CD

split-complementary

#CD9259 #59CDCC #595ACD

monochromatic

#845528 #B37336 #CD9259 #DBB188 #E9D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CD9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#CD9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9259

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9259	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb289',
    500: '#cd9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9259;
$custom-light: #dfb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9259

secondary

#AAC1D8

accent

#95DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9259

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

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