#CD9545#CD9545

#CD9545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9545
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 13.03, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 51.04, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0334 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.117 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0008, 34.9066, 10.4179)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9545 #457DCD

analogous

#CD5145 #CD9545 #C1CD45

triadic

#CD9545 #45CD95 #9545CD

tetradic

#CD9545 #45CD51 #457DCD #CD45C1

square

#CD9545 #45CD51 #457DCD #CD45C1

split-complementary

#CD9545 #45C1CD #5145CD

monochromatic

#775420 #A8752D #CD9545 #DAB075 #E7CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#CD9545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9545

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9545	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)

#A9983C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47c',
    500: '#cd9545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9545;
$custom-light: #e0b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9545

secondary

#9AB2D4

accent

#86E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9545

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

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