#CD9A49#CD9A49

#CD9A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A49
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 10.57, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 50.00, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0267 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9373, 36.5741, 11.3634)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A49 #497CCD

analogous

#CD5849 #CD9A49 #BECD49

triadic

#CD9A49 #49CD9A #9A49CD

tetradic

#CD9A49 #49CD58 #497CCD #CD49BE

square

#CD9A49 #49CD58 #497CCD #CD49BE

split-complementary

#CD9A49 #49BECD #5849CD

monochromatic

#7A5822 #AA7A2F #CD9A49 #DAB579 #E7CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CD9A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A49

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A49	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)

#AD9C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b77f',
    500: '#cd9a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a49;
$custom-light: #e0b77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A49

secondary

#9DB3D5

accent

#83E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A49

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

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