#CD9957#CD9957

#CD9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9957
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 12.11, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 43.56, 73.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0332 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.104 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2905, 36.4524, 14.0343)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9957 #578BCD

analogous

#CD5E57 #CD9957 #C6CD57

triadic

#CD9957 #57CD99 #9957CD

tetradic

#CD9957 #57CD5E #578BCD #CD57C6

square

#CD9957 #57CD5E #578BCD #CD57C6

split-complementary

#CD9957 #57C6CD #5E57CD

monochromatic

#835A27 #B27B35 #CD9957 #DBB686 #E9D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9957

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9957	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)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb788',
    500: '#cd9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9957;
$custom-light: #dfb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.559,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9957

secondary

#A8BDD8

accent

#8BDD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9957

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

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