#CD9659#CD9659

#CD9659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9659
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 13.89, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 42.30, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0387 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.102 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8884, 35.5158, 14.3089)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9659 #5990CD

analogous

#CD5C59 #CD9659 #CACD59

triadic

#CD9659 #59CD96 #9659CD

tetradic

#CD9659 #59CD5C #5990CD #CD59CA

square

#CD9659 #59CD5C #5990CD #CD59CA

split-complementary

#CD9659 #59CACD #5C59CD

monochromatic

#845828 #B37836 #CD9659 #DBB488 #E9D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CD9659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CD9659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9659

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9659	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb489',
    500: '#cd9659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9659;
$custom-light: #dfb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.552,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9659

secondary

#AAC0D8

accent

#90DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9659

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

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