#CD9945#CD9945

#CD9945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.118 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9945
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, 10.86, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 51.59, 77.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0271 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.118 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6446, 36.1941, 10.6325)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9945 #4579CD

analogous

#CD5545 #CD9945 #BDCD45

triadic

#CD9945 #45CD99 #9945CD

tetradic

#CD9945 #45CD55 #4579CD #CD45BD

square

#CD9945 #45CD55 #4579CD #CD45BD

split-complementary

#CD9945 #45BDCD #5545CD

monochromatic

#775620 #A8792D #CD9945 #DAB375 #E7CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CD9945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9945

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9945	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.118 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67c',
    500: '#cd9945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9945;
$custom-light: #e0b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71666,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9945

secondary

#9AB0D4

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9945

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

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