#CD9B4A#CD9B4A

#CD9B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B4A
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 74)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 10.09, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 49.71, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0255 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.115 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1364, 36.9190, 11.5947)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B4A #4A7CCD

analogous

#CD594A #CD9B4A #BECD4A

triadic

#CD9B4A #4ACD9B #9B4ACD

tetradic

#CD9B4A #4ACD59 #4A7CCD #CD4ABE

square

#CD9B4A #4ACD59 #4A7CCD #CD4ABE

split-complementary

#CD9B4A #4ABECD #594ACD

monochromatic

#7B5922 #AB7C2F #CD9B4A #DAB57A #E7D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD9B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B4A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B4A	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)

#AE9C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87f',
    500: '#cd9b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b4a;
$custom-light: #e0b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B4A

secondary

#9EB3D5

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B4A

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

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