#CD9855#CD9855

#CD9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.106 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9855
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 12.49, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 44.33, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.034 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.106 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0469, 36.0942, 13.5555)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9855 #558ACD

analogous

#CD5C55 #CD9855 #C6CD55

triadic

#CD9855 #55CD98 #9855CD

tetradic

#CD9855 #55CD5C #558ACD #CD55C6

square

#CD9855 #55CD5C #558ACD #CD55C6

split-complementary

#CD9855 #55C6CD #5C55CD

monochromatic

#825926 #B17A34 #CD9855 #DBB584 #E9D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9855

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9855	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.106 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b686',
    500: '#cd9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9855;
$custom-light: #e0b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71662,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9855

secondary

#A6BCD7

accent

#8BDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9855

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

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