#CD9A45#CD9A45

#CD9A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A45
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 10.32, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 51.74, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0255 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.118 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8089, 36.5228, 10.6873)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A45 #4578CD

analogous

#CD5645 #CD9A45 #BCCD45

triadic

#CD9A45 #45CD9A #9A45CD

tetradic

#CD9A45 #45CD56 #4578CD #CD45BC

square

#CD9A45 #45CD56 #4578CD #CD45BC

split-complementary

#CD9A45 #45BCCD #5645CD

monochromatic

#775720 #A87A2D #CD9A45 #DAB475 #E7CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CD9A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A45

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A45	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b77c',
    500: '#cd9a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a45;
$custom-light: #e0b77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71861,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A45

secondary

#9AB0D4

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A45

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

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