#CD9843#CD9843

#CD9843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9843
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 11.29, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 52.30, 77.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.028 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.119 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4205, 35.8437, 10.2567)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9843 #4378CD

analogous

#CD5343 #CD9843 #BDCD43

triadic

#CD9843 #43CD98 #9843CD

tetradic

#CD9843 #43CD53 #4378CD #CD43BD

square

#CD9843 #43CD53 #4378CD #CD43BD

split-complementary

#CD9843 #43BDCD #5343CD

monochromatic

#76551F #A7782C #CD9843 #DAB273 #E7CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CD9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9843

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9843	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67b',
    500: '#cd9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9843;
$custom-light: #e0b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71451,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9843

secondary

#98AFD4

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9843

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

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