#CD9947#CD9947

#CD9947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.117 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9947
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 10.99, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 50.72, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0277 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.117 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7077, 36.2193, 10.9650)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9947 #477BCD

analogous

#CD5647 #CD9947 #BECD47

triadic

#CD9947 #47CD99 #9947CD

tetradic

#CD9947 #47CD56 #477BCD #CD47BE

square

#CD9947 #47CD56 #477BCD #CD47BE

split-complementary

#CD9947 #47BECD #5647CD

monochromatic

#795721 #A9792E #CD9947 #DAB477 #E7CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CD9947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9947

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9947	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)

#AD9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.117 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67d',
    500: '#cd9947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9947;
$custom-light: #e0b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9947

secondary

#9BB2D4

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9947

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

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