#CD9A50#CD9A50

#CD9A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A50
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 11.04, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 46.87, 76.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0291 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.11 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1826, 36.6722, 12.6553)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A50 #5083CD

analogous

#CD5B50 #CD9A50 #C1CD50

triadic

#CD9A50 #50CD9A #9A50CD

tetradic

#CD9A50 #50CD5B #5083CD #CD50C1

square

#CD9A50 #50CD5B #5083CD #CD50C1

split-complementary

#CD9A50 #50C1CD #5B50CD

monochromatic

#7E5A24 #AE7B32 #CD9A50 #DBB580 #E8D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CD9A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A50

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A50	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b783',
    500: '#cd9a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a50;
$custom-light: #e0b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.52,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71986,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A50

secondary

#A2B8D6

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A50

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

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