#CD9549#CD9549

#CD9549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9549
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 13.28, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 49.30, 74.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0347 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.115 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1292, 34.9579, 11.0941)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9549 #4981CD

analogous

#CD5349 #CD9549 #C3CD49

triadic

#CD9549 #49CD95 #9549CD

tetradic

#CD9549 #49CD53 #4981CD #CD49C3

square

#CD9549 #49CD53 #4981CD #CD49C3

split-complementary

#CD9549 #49C3CD #5349CD

monochromatic

#7A5522 #AA762F #CD9549 #DAB179 #E7CDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CD9549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9549

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9549	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)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47e',
    500: '#cd9549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9549;
$custom-light: #e0b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70934,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9549

secondary

#9DB5D5

accent

#88E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9549

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

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