#CD9543#CD9543

#CD9543 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9543
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 12.92, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 51.90, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0328 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.119 74)
XYZ	xyz(36.9398, 34.8821, 10.0965)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9543 #437BCD

analogous

#CD5043 #CD9543 #C0CD43

triadic

#CD9543 #43CD95 #9543CD

tetradic

#CD9543 #43CD50 #437BCD #CD43C0

square

#CD9543 #43CD50 #437BCD #CD43C0

split-complementary

#CD9543 #43C0CD #5043CD

monochromatic

#76531F #A7752C #CD9543 #DAB073 #E7CCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CD9543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9543

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9543	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47b',
    500: '#cd9543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9543;
$custom-light: #e0b47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70869,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9543

secondary

#98B0D4

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9543

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

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