#CD9844#CD9844

#CD9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9844
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 11.35, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 51.87, 77.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0283 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.119 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4508, 35.8558, 10.4161)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9844 #4479CD

analogous

#CD5344 #CD9844 #BECD44

triadic

#CD9844 #44CD98 #9844CD

tetradic

#CD9844 #44CD53 #4479CD #CD44BE

square

#CD9844 #44CD53 #4479CD #CD44BE

split-complementary

#CD9844 #44BECD #5344CD

monochromatic

#775520 #A7782D #CD9844 #DAB374 #E7CDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CD9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9844

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9844	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)

#AC9A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67b',
    500: '#cd9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9844;
$custom-light: #e0b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9844

secondary

#99B0D4

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9844

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

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