#CD994C#CD994C

#CD994C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994C
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 11.31, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 48.51, 76.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0293 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.113 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8748, 36.2862, 11.8452)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994C #4C80CD

analogous

#CD584C #CD994C #C0CD4C

triadic

#CD994C #4CCD99 #994CCD

tetradic

#CD994C #4CCD58 #4C80CD #CD4CC0

square

#CD994C #4CCD58 #4C80CD #CD4CC0

split-complementary

#CD994C #4CC0CD #584CCD

monochromatic

#7C5823 #AC7A30 #CD994C #DAB47C #E8D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CD994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994C

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994C	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b681',
    500: '#cd994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994c;
$custom-light: #e0b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.814,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994C

secondary

#9FB5D5

accent

#85E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994C

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

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