#CD9557#CD9557

#CD9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9557
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 14.28, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 43.09, 70.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0396 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.104 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6467, 35.1649, 13.8197)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9557 #578FCD

analogous

#CD5A57 #CD9557 #CACD57

triadic

#CD9557 #57CD95 #9557CD

tetradic

#CD9557 #57CD5A #578FCD #CD57CA

square

#CD9557 #57CD5A #578FCD #CD57CA

split-complementary

#CD9557 #57CACD #5A57CD

monochromatic

#835727 #B27735 #CD9557 #DBB386 #E9D1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CD9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CD9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9557

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9557	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b488',
    500: '#cd9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9557;
$custom-light: #e0b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.525,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9557

secondary

#A8BFD8

accent

#90DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9557

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

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