#CD9B45#CD9B45

#CD9B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B45
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 9.78, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 51.91, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0239 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.119 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9746, 36.8542, 10.7426)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B45 #4577CD

analogous

#CD5745 #CD9B45 #BBCD45

triadic

#CD9B45 #45CD9B #9B45CD

tetradic

#CD9B45 #45CD57 #4577CD #CD45BB

square

#CD9B45 #45CD57 #4577CD #CD45BB

split-complementary

#CD9B45 #45BBCD #5745CD

monochromatic

#775720 #A87B2D #CD9B45 #DAB575 #E7CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B45

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B45	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87c',
    500: '#cd9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b45;
$custom-light: #e0b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B45

secondary

#9AAFD4

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B45

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

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