#CD9B48#CD9B48

#CD9B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B48
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 9.96, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 50.60, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0248 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0701, 36.8924, 11.2455)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B48 #487ACD

analogous

#CD5948 #CD9B48 #BCCD48

triadic

#CD9B48 #48CD9B #9B48CD

tetradic

#CD9B48 #48CD59 #487ACD #CD48BC

square

#CD9B48 #48CD59 #487ACD #CD48BC

split-complementary

#CD9B48 #48BCCD #5948CD

monochromatic

#795821 #A97B2E #CD9B48 #DAB578 #E7D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD9B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B48

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B48	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)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87e',
    500: '#cd9b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b48;
$custom-light: #e0b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B48

secondary

#9CB1D5

accent

#81E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B48

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

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