#CD9B59#CD9B59

#CD9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.103 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B59
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 11.18, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 42.93, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0307 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.103 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7034, 37.1457, 14.5806)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B59 #598BCD

analogous

#CD6159 #CD9B59 #C5CD59

triadic

#CD9B59 #59CD9B #9B59CD

tetradic

#CD9B59 #59CD61 #598BCD #CD59C5

square

#CD9B59 #59CD61 #598BCD #CD59C5

split-complementary

#CD9B59 #59C5CD #6159CD

monochromatic

#845C28 #B37D36 #CD9B59 #DBB788 #E9D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B59

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B59	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.103 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb889',
    500: '#cd9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b59;
$custom-light: #dfb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B59

secondary

#AABED8

accent

#8ADD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B59

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

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