#CD9566#CD9566

#CD9566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.092 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9566
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 102)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 15.57, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 36.50, 64.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0453 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.092 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3245, 35.4360, 17.3891)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9566 #669ECD

analogous

#CD666A #CD9566 #CDC966

triadic

#CD9566 #66CD95 #9566CD

tetradic

#CD9566 #6ACD66 #669ECD #C966CD

square

#CD9566 #6ACD66 #669ECD #C966CD

split-complementary

#CD9566 #66CDC9 #666ACD

monochromatic

#8B582D #B9753D #CD9566 #DCB594 #EBD5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD9566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CD9566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9566

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9566	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.092 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb492',
    500: '#cd9566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9566;
$custom-light: #dfb492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.379,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9566

secondary

#B4C9DB

accent

#79BE27

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9566

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

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