#CD994E#CD994E

#CD994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994E
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 11.44, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 47.62, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.03 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.111 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9454, 36.3144, 12.2171)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994E #4E82CD

analogous

#CD594E #CD994E #C1CD4E

triadic

#CD994E #4ECD99 #994ECD

tetradic

#CD994E #4ECD59 #4E82CD #CD4EC1

square

#CD994E #4ECD59 #4E82CD #CD4EC1

split-complementary

#CD994E #4EC1CD #594ECD

monochromatic

#7D5823 #AD7A31 #CD994E #DAB47E #E8D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CD994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994E	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)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b682',
    500: '#cd994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994e;
$custom-light: #e0b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994E

secondary

#A1B7D6

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994E

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

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