#CD994B#CD994B

#CD994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994B
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 11.24, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 48.96, 76.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.029 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.114 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8403, 36.2724, 11.6635)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994B #4B7FCD

analogous

#CD584B #CD994B #C0CD4B

triadic

#CD994B #4BCD99 #994BCD

tetradic

#CD994B #4BCD58 #4B7FCD #CD4BC0

square

#CD994B #4BCD58 #4B7FCD #CD4BC0

split-complementary

#CD994B #4BC0CD #584BCD

monochromatic

#7B5822 #AB7A30 #CD994B #DAB47B #E8CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994B	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#AC9B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b680',
    500: '#cd994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994b;
$custom-light: #e0b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994B

secondary

#9FB4D5

accent

#85E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994B

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

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