#CD9442#CD9442

#CD9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9442
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 13.40, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 52.20, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0341 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.119 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7525, 34.5552, 9.8873)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9442 #427BCD

analogous

#CD4E42 #CD9442 #C0CD42

triadic

#CD9442 #42CD94 #9442CD

tetradic

#CD9442 #42CD4E #427BCD #CD42C0

square

#CD9442 #42CD4E #427BCD #CD42C0

split-complementary

#CD9442 #42C0CD #4E42CD

monochromatic

#76521F #A6742C #CD9442 #DAAF72 #E7CBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CD9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#CD9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9442

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9442	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b37a',
    500: '#cd9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9442;
$custom-light: #e1b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9442

secondary

#97B0D3

accent

#86E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9442

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

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