#CD9956#CD9956

#CD9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9956
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 12.03, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 44.01, 74.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0328 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.105 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2499, 36.4362, 13.8206)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9956 #568ACD

analogous

#CD5E56 #CD9956 #C5CD56

triadic

#CD9956 #56CD99 #9956CD

tetradic

#CD9956 #56CD5E #568ACD #CD56C5

square

#CD9956 #56CD5E #568ACD #CD56C5

split-complementary

#CD9956 #56C5CD #5E56CD

monochromatic

#825A26 #B17B34 #CD9956 #DBB685 #E9D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9956

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9956	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb787',
    500: '#cd9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9956;
$custom-light: #dfb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.782,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9956

secondary

#A7BCD8

accent

#8BDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9956

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

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