#CD9A48#CD9A48

#CD9A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A48
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 10.51, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 50.44, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0264 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.116 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9044, 36.5610, 11.1902)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A48 #487BCD

analogous

#CD5748 #CD9A48 #BECD48

triadic

#CD9A48 #48CD9A #9A48CD

tetradic

#CD9A48 #48CD57 #487BCD #CD48BE

square

#CD9A48 #48CD57 #487BCD #CD48BE

split-complementary

#CD9A48 #48BECD #5748CD

monochromatic

#795821 #A97A2E #CD9A48 #DAB578 #E7CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CD9A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A48

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A48	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b77e',
    500: '#cd9a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a48;
$custom-light: #e0b77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A48

secondary

#9CB2D5

accent

#82E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A48

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

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