#CD9B49#CD9B49

#CD9B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B49
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 10.03, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 50.16, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0251 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.116 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1030, 36.9056, 11.4187)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B49 #497BCD

analogous

#CD5949 #CD9B49 #BDCD49

triadic

#CD9B49 #49CD9B #9B49CD

tetradic

#CD9B49 #49CD59 #497BCD #CD49BD

square

#CD9B49 #49CD59 #497BCD #CD49BD

split-complementary

#CD9B49 #49BDCD #5949CD

monochromatic

#7A5922 #AA7B2F #CD9B49 #DAB579 #E7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B49

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B49	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)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87f',
    500: '#cd9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b49;
$custom-light: #e0b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B49

secondary

#9DB2D5

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B49

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

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