#CD9251#CD9251

#CD9251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9251
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 15.46, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 45.47, 70.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0423 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.109 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9432, 34.1339, 12.4258)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9251 #518CCD

analogous

#CD5451 #CD9251 #CACD51

triadic

#CD9251 #51CD92 #9251CD

tetradic

#CD9251 #51CD54 #518CCD #CD51CA

square

#CD9251 #51CD54 #518CCD #CD51CA

split-complementary

#CD9251 #51CACD #5451CD

monochromatic

#7F5425 #AF7332 #CD9251 #DBB081 #E8CEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CD9251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#CD9251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9251

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9251	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b284',
    500: '#cd9251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9251;
$custom-light: #e0b284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9251

secondary

#A3BCD7

accent

#90DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5EF

border

#D5CFCA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9251

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

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