#CD994A#CD994A

#CD994A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994A
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 11.18, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 49.40, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0287 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.114 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8064, 36.2588, 11.4847)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994A #4A7ECD

analogous

#CD574A #CD994A #C0CD4A

triadic

#CD994A #4ACD99 #994ACD

tetradic

#CD994A #4ACD57 #4A7ECD #CD4AC0

square

#CD994A #4ACD57 #4A7ECD #CD4AC0

split-complementary

#CD994A #4AC0CD #574ACD

monochromatic

#7B5722 #AB7A2F #CD994A #DAB47A #E7CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994A

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994A	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)

#AC9B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67f',
    500: '#cd994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994a;
$custom-light: #e0b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994A

secondary

#9EB4D5

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994A

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

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