#CD9859#CD9859

#CD9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.102 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9859
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 12.81, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 42.52, 72.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0355 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.102 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2103, 36.1596, 14.4162)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9859 #598ECD

analogous

#CD5E59 #CD9859 #C8CD59

triadic

#CD9859 #59CD98 #9859CD

tetradic

#CD9859 #59CD5E #598ECD #CD59C8

square

#CD9859 #59CD5E #598ECD #CD59C8

split-complementary

#CD9859 #59C8CD #5E59CD

monochromatic

#845A28 #B37A36 #CD9859 #DBB588 #E9D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CD9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9859

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9859	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.102 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb689',
    500: '#cd9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9859;
$custom-light: #dfb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9859

secondary

#AABFD8

accent

#8EDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9859

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

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