#CD9548#CD9548

#CD9548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9548
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 13.22, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 49.74, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0344 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.115 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0963, 34.9448, 10.9208)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9548 #4880CD

analogous

#CD5348 #CD9548 #C3CD48

triadic

#CD9548 #48CD95 #9548CD

tetradic

#CD9548 #48CD53 #4880CD #CD48C3

square

#CD9548 #48CD53 #4880CD #CD48C3

split-complementary

#CD9548 #48C3CD #5348CD

monochromatic

#795421 #A9762E #CD9548 #DAB178 #E7CDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CD9548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9548

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9548	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47e',
    500: '#cd9548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9548;
$custom-light: #e0b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9548

secondary

#9CB4D5

accent

#88E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9548

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

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