#CD9955#CD9955

#CD9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9955
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 11.95, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 44.46, 74.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0324 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.106 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2099, 36.4202, 13.6099)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9955 #5589CD

analogous

#CD5D55 #CD9955 #C5CD55

triadic

#CD9955 #55CD99 #9955CD

tetradic

#CD9955 #55CD5D #5589CD #CD55C5

square

#CD9955 #55CD5D #5589CD #CD55C5

split-complementary

#CD9955 #55C5CD #5D55CD

monochromatic

#825A26 #B17B34 #CD9955 #DBB584 #E9D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CD9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9955

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9955	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb787',
    500: '#cd9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9955;
$custom-light: #dfb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71856,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9955

secondary

#A6BCD7

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9955

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

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