#CD9565#CD9565

#CD9565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.093 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9565
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 15.47, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 36.93, 65.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0449 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.093 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2752, 35.4163, 17.1295)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9565 #659DCD

analogous

#CD6569 #CD9565 #CDC965

triadic

#CD9565 #65CD95 #9565CD

tetradic

#CD9565 #69CD65 #659DCD #C965CD

square

#CD9565 #69CD65 #659DCD #C965CD

split-complementary

#CD9565 #65CDC9 #6569CD

monochromatic

#8B582D #B9763C #CD9565 #DCB593 #EBD5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CD9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9565

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9565	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.093 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb491',
    500: '#cd9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9565;
$custom-light: #dfb491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71327,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9565

secondary

#B3C8DB

accent

#99DA4D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9565

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

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