#CD994D#CD994D

#CD994D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994D
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 11.38, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 48.07, 76.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0297 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.112 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9098, 36.3002, 12.0297)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994D #4D81CD

analogous

#CD594D #CD994D #C1CD4D

triadic

#CD994D #4DCD99 #994DCD

tetradic

#CD994D #4DCD59 #4D81CD #CD4DC1

square

#CD994D #4DCD59 #4D81CD #CD4DC1

split-complementary

#CD994D #4DC1CD #594DCD

monochromatic

#7D5823 #AC7A30 #CD994D #DAB47D #E8D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CD994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994D	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)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b681',
    500: '#cd994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994d;
$custom-light: #e0b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994D

secondary

#A0B6D6

accent

#86DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994D

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

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