#CD9A55#CD9A55

#CD9A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A55
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 11.41, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 44.61, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0308 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.106 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3742, 36.7489, 13.6647)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A55 #5588CD

analogous

#CD5E55 #CD9A55 #C4CD55

triadic

#CD9A55 #55CD9A #9A55CD

tetradic

#CD9A55 #55CD5E #5588CD #CD55C4

square

#CD9A55 #55CD5E #5588CD #CD55C4

split-complementary

#CD9A55 #55C4CD #5E55CD

monochromatic

#825B26 #B17C34 #CD9A55 #DBB684 #E9D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CD9A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A55

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A55	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb787',
    500: '#cd9a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a55;
$custom-light: #dfb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A55

secondary

#A6BBD7

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A55

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

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