#CD9B51#CD9B51

#CD9B51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B51
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 10.57, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 46.58, 76.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0278 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.109 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3855, 37.0186, 12.9065)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B51 #5183CD

analogous

#CD5D51 #CD9B51 #C1CD51

triadic

#CD9B51 #51CD9B #9B51CD

tetradic

#CD9B51 #51CD5D #5183CD #CD51C1

square

#CD9B51 #51CD5D #5183CD #CD51C1

split-complementary

#CD9B51 #51C1CD #5D51CD

monochromatic

#7F5B25 #AF7C32 #CD9B51 #DBB681 #E8D2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B51

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B51	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b884',
    500: '#cd9b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b51;
$custom-light: #e0b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B51

secondary

#A3B8D7

accent

#85DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B51

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

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