#CD9848#CD9848

#CD9848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.116 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9848
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 11.59, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 50.13, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0296 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.116 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5771, 35.9063, 11.0811)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9848 #487DCD

analogous

#CD5648 #CD9848 #C0CD48

triadic

#CD9848 #48CD98 #9848CD

tetradic

#CD9848 #48CD56 #487DCD #CD48C0

square

#CD9848 #48CD56 #487DCD #CD48C0

split-complementary

#CD9848 #48C0CD #5648CD

monochromatic

#795621 #A9782E #CD9848 #DAB378 #E7CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CD9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9848

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9848	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.116 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67e',
    500: '#cd9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9848;
$custom-light: #e0b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71503,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9848

secondary

#9CB3D5

accent

#84E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9848

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

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