#CD9951#CD9951

#CD9951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9951
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 11.66, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 46.27, 75.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.031 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.109 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0554, 36.3584, 12.7965)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9951 #5185CD

analogous

#CD5B51 #CD9951 #C3CD51

triadic

#CD9951 #51CD99 #9951CD

tetradic

#CD9951 #51CD5B #5185CD #CD51C3

square

#CD9951 #51CD5B #5185CD #CD51C3

split-complementary

#CD9951 #51C3CD #5B51CD

monochromatic

#7F5925 #AF7A32 #CD9951 #DBB581 #E8D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9951

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9951	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b784',
    500: '#cd9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9951;
$custom-light: #e0b784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9951

secondary

#A3B9D7

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9951

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

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