#CD9A51#CD9A51

#CD9A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A51
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 11.11, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 46.42, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0294 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.109 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2198, 36.6871, 12.8513)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A51 #5184CD

analogous

#CD5C51 #CD9A51 #C2CD51

triadic

#CD9A51 #51CD9A #9A51CD

tetradic

#CD9A51 #51CD5C #5184CD #CD51C2

square

#CD9A51 #51CD5C #5184CD #CD51C2

split-complementary

#CD9A51 #51C2CD #5C51CD

monochromatic

#7F5A25 #AF7B32 #CD9A51 #DBB681 #E8D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A51

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A51	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b784',
    500: '#cd9a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a51;
$custom-light: #e0b784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71998,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A51

secondary

#A3B8D7

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A51

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

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