#CD9949#CD9949

#CD9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9949
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 11.11, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 49.84, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0283 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.115 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7729, 36.2454, 11.3086)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9949 #497DCD

analogous

#CD5749 #CD9949 #BFCD49

triadic

#CD9949 #49CD99 #9949CD

tetradic

#CD9949 #49CD57 #497DCD #CD49BF

square

#CD9949 #49CD57 #497DCD #CD49BF

split-complementary

#CD9949 #49BFCD #5749CD

monochromatic

#7A5722 #AA792F #CD9949 #DAB479 #E7CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9949

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9949	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)

#AC9B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67f',
    500: '#cd9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9949;
$custom-light: #e0b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9949

secondary

#9DB3D5

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9949

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

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