#CD9959#CD9959

#CD9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9959
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 12.26, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 42.65, 73.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0339 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3733, 36.4855, 14.4706)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9959 #598DCD

analogous

#CD5F59 #CD9959 #C7CD59

triadic

#CD9959 #59CD99 #9959CD

tetradic

#CD9959 #59CD5F #598DCD #CD59C7

square

#CD9959 #59CD5F #598DCD #CD59C7

split-complementary

#CD9959 #59C7CD #5F59CD

monochromatic

#845B28 #B37B36 #CD9959 #DBB688 #E9D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CD9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9959

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9959	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb789',
    500: '#cd9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9959;
$custom-light: #dfb789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9959

secondary

#AABED8

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9959

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

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