#CD9559#CD9559

#CD9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.102 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9559
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 14.44, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 42.20, 69.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0403 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.102 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7296, 35.1981, 14.2560)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9559 #5991CD

analogous

#CD5B59 #CD9559 #CBCD59

triadic

#CD9559 #59CD95 #9559CD

tetradic

#CD9559 #59CD5B #5991CD #CD59CB

square

#CD9559 #59CD5B #5991CD #CD59CB

split-complementary

#CD9559 #59CBCD #5B59CD

monochromatic

#845728 #B37736 #CD9559 #DBB388 #E9D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CD9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#CD9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9559

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9559	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.102 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb489',
    500: '#cd9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9559;
$custom-light: #dfb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9559

secondary

#AAC0D8

accent

#91DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9559

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

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