#CD9851#CD9851

#CD9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9851
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 12.20, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 46.13, 74.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0326 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.109 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8925, 36.0324, 12.7422)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9851 #5186CD

analogous

#CD5A51 #CD9851 #C4CD51

triadic

#CD9851 #51CD98 #9851CD

tetradic

#CD9851 #51CD5A #5186CD #CD51C4

square

#CD9851 #51CD5A #5186CD #CD51C4

split-complementary

#CD9851 #51C4CD #5A51CD

monochromatic

#7F5825 #AF7932 #CD9851 #DBB481 #E8D0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9851

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9851	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b684',
    500: '#cd9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9851;
$custom-light: #e0b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.355,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9851

secondary

#A3B9D7

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9851

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

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