#CD8949#CD8949

#CD8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8949
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 19.82, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 48.42, 65.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0541 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.116 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3275, 31.3546, 10.4935)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8949 #498DCD

analogous

#CD494B #CD8949 #CDCB49

triadic

#CD8949 #49CD89 #8949CD

tetradic

#CD8949 #4BCD49 #498DCD #CB49CD

square

#CD8949 #4BCD49 #498DCD #CB49CD

split-complementary

#CD8949 #49CDCB #494BCD

monochromatic

#7A4C22 #AA6B2F #CD8949 #DAA879 #E7C7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CD8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#CD8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8949

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8949	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab7e',
    500: '#cd8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8949;
$custom-light: #e1ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68668,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8949

secondary

#9DBAD5

accent

#96E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8949

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

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