#CD9249#CD9249

#CD9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.114 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9249
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 14.92, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 48.97, 72.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0395 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.114 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6607, 34.0209, 10.9379)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9249 #4984CD

analogous

#CD5049 #CD9249 #C6CD49

triadic

#CD9249 #49CD92 #9249CD

tetradic

#CD9249 #49CD50 #4984CD #CD49C6

square

#CD9249 #49CD50 #4984CD #CD49C6

split-complementary

#CD9249 #49C6CD #5049CD

monochromatic

#7A5222 #AA732F #CD9249 #DAAF79 #E7CCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#CD9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#CD9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9249

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9249	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.114 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b27e',
    500: '#cd9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9249;
$custom-light: #e0b27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70359,
    "c": 0.11447,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9249

secondary

#9DB6D5

accent

#8CE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9249

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

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