#CD9946#CD9946

#CD9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9946
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 10.92, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 51.15, 77.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0274 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.117 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6759, 36.2066, 10.7974)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9946 #467ACD

analogous

#CD5646 #CD9946 #BECD46

triadic

#CD9946 #46CD99 #9946CD

tetradic

#CD9946 #46CD56 #467ACD #CD46BE

square

#CD9946 #46CD56 #467ACD #CD46BE

split-complementary

#CD9946 #46BECD #5646CD

monochromatic

#785620 #A8792D #CD9946 #DAB476 #E7CEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CD9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9946

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9946	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67d',
    500: '#cd9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9946;
$custom-light: #e0b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71676,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9946

secondary

#9BB1D4

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9946

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

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