#CD9856#CD9856

#CD9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9856
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 12.57, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 43.88, 73.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0344 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.105 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0869, 36.1102, 13.7663)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9856 #568BCD

analogous

#CD5C56 #CD9856 #C7CD56

triadic

#CD9856 #56CD98 #9856CD

tetradic

#CD9856 #56CD5C #568BCD #CD56C7

square

#CD9856 #56CD5C #568BCD #CD56C7

split-complementary

#CD9856 #56C7CD #5C56CD

monochromatic

#825926 #B17A34 #CD9856 #DBB585 #E9D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9856

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9856	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AA9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb687',
    500: '#cd9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9856;
$custom-light: #dfb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.277,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9856

secondary

#A7BDD8

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9856

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

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