#CD8549#CD8549

#CD8549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8549
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 21.99, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 48.38, 62.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0606 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.117 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7694, 30.2384, 10.3075)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8549 #4991CD

analogous

#CD494F #CD8549 #CDC749

triadic

#CD8549 #49CD85 #8549CD

tetradic

#CD8549 #4FCD49 #4991CD #C749CD

square

#CD8549 #4FCD49 #4991CD #C749CD

split-complementary

#CD8549 #49CDC7 #494FCD

monochromatic

#7A4A22 #AA672F #CD8549 #DAA579 #E7C5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#CD8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#CD8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8549

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8549	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a87e',
    500: '#cd8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8549;
$custom-light: #e1a87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67934,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8549

secondary

#9DBBD5

accent

#9BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#160F0A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8549

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

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