#CD9849#CD9849

#CD9849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.115 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9849
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 11.65, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 49.69, 76.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0299 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.115 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6099, 35.9194, 11.2543)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9849 #497ECD

analogous

#CD5649 #CD9849 #C0CD49

triadic

#CD9849 #49CD98 #9849CD

tetradic

#CD9849 #49CD56 #497ECD #CD49C0

square

#CD9849 #49CD56 #497ECD #CD49C0

split-complementary

#CD9849 #49C0CD #5649CD

monochromatic

#7A5722 #AA792F #CD9849 #DAB379 #E7CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CD9849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9849

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9849	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)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.115 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67f',
    500: '#cd9849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9849;
$custom-light: #e0b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9849

secondary

#9DB3D5

accent

#85E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9849

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

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