#CD9B56#CD9B56

#CD9B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B56
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 10.94, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 44.30, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0296 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.105 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5800, 37.0964, 13.9306)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B56 #5688CD

analogous

#CD6056 #CD9B56 #C4CD56

triadic

#CD9B56 #56CD9B #9B56CD

tetradic

#CD9B56 #56CD60 #5688CD #CD56C4

square

#CD9B56 #56CD60 #5688CD #CD56C4

split-complementary

#CD9B56 #56C4CD #6056CD

monochromatic

#825C26 #B17D34 #CD9B56 #DBB785 #E9D3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B56

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B56	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb887',
    500: '#cd9b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b56;
$custom-light: #dfb887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.79,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B56

secondary

#A7BCD8

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B56

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

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