#CD9B47#CD9B47

#CD9B47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B47
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 71)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 9.90, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 51.04, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0245 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.117 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0378, 36.8795, 11.0750)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B47 #4779CD

analogous

#CD5847 #CD9B47 #BCCD47

triadic

#CD9B47 #47CD9B #9B47CD

tetradic

#CD9B47 #47CD58 #4779CD #CD47BC

square

#CD9B47 #47CD58 #4779CD #CD47BC

split-complementary

#CD9B47 #47BCCD #5847CD

monochromatic

#795821 #A97B2E #CD9B47 #DAB577 #E7CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD9B47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B47

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B47	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87e',
    500: '#cd9b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b47;
$custom-light: #e0b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B47

secondary

#9BB1D4

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B47

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

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