#CD9948#CD9948

#CD9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9948
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 11.05, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 50.28, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.028 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.116 76)
XYZ	xyz(37.7400, 36.2322, 11.1354)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9948 #487CCD

analogous

#CD5648 #CD9948 #BFCD48

triadic

#CD9948 #48CD99 #9948CD

tetradic

#CD9948 #48CD56 #487CCD #CD48BF

square

#CD9948 #48CD56 #487CCD #CD48BF

split-complementary

#CD9948 #48BFCD #5648CD

monochromatic

#795721 #A9792E #CD9948 #DAB478 #E7CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9948

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9948	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67e',
    500: '#cd9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9948;
$custom-light: #e0b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.36229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9948

secondary

#9CB2D5

accent

#83E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9948

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

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