#CD9C45#CD9C45

#CD9C45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C45
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 9.24, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 52.08, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0223 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.119 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1418, 37.1885, 10.7983)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C45 #4576CD

analogous

#CD5845 #CD9C45 #BACD45

triadic

#CD9C45 #45CD9C #9C45CD

tetradic

#CD9C45 #45CD58 #4576CD #CD45BA

square

#CD9C45 #45CD58 #4576CD #CD45BA

split-complementary

#CD9C45 #45BACD #5845CD

monochromatic

#775820 #A87C2D #CD9C45 #DAB675 #E7CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C45

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C45	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97c',
    500: '#cd9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c45;
$custom-light: #e0b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C45

secondary

#9AAFD4

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C45

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

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