#CD9E56#CD9E56

#CD9E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.106 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E56
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 9.32, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 44.80, 77.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0248 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.106 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0855, 38.1073, 14.0991)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E56 #5685CD

analogous

#CD6356 #CD9E56 #C0CD56

triadic

#CD9E56 #56CD9E #9E56CD

tetradic

#CD9E56 #56CD63 #5685CD #CD56C0

square

#CD9E56 #56CD63 #5685CD #CD56C0

split-complementary

#CD9E56 #56C0CD #6356CD

monochromatic

#825E26 #B18034 #CD9E56 #DBB985 #E9D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E56

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E56	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.106 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba87',
    500: '#cd9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e56;
$custom-light: #dfba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E56

secondary

#A7BAD8

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E56

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

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