#CD9857#CD9857

#CD9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9857
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 12.65, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 43.43, 73.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0348 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.104 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1275, 36.1264, 13.9799)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9857 #578CCD

analogous

#CD5D57 #CD9857 #C7CD57

triadic

#CD9857 #57CD98 #9857CD

tetradic

#CD9857 #57CD5D #578CCD #CD57C7

square

#CD9857 #57CD5D #578CCD #CD57C7

split-complementary

#CD9857 #57C7CD #5D57CD

monochromatic

#835927 #B27A35 #CD9857 #DBB586 #E9D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9857

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9857	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)

#AA9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb688',
    500: '#cd9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9857;
$custom-light: #dfb688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.051,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9857

secondary

#A8BDD8

accent

#8CDD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9857

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

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