#CD9B57#CD9B57

#CD9B57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.104 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B57
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 11.02, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 43.84, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0299 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.104 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6205, 37.1126, 14.1443)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B57 #5789CD

analogous

#CD6057 #CD9B57 #C4CD57

triadic

#CD9B57 #57CD9B #9B57CD

tetradic

#CD9B57 #57CD60 #5789CD #CD57C4

square

#CD9B57 #57CD60 #5789CD #CD57C4

split-complementary

#CD9B57 #57C4CD #6057CD

monochromatic

#835C27 #B27D35 #CD9B57 #DBB786 #E9D3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B57

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B57	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)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.104 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb888',
    500: '#cd9b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b57;
$custom-light: #dfb888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.576,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B57

secondary

#A8BCD8

accent

#89DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B57

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

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