#CD9C48#CD9C48

#CD9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C48
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 9.42, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 50.77, 79.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0232 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.117 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2372, 37.2266, 11.3012)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C48 #4879CD

analogous

#CD5A48 #CD9C48 #BCCD48

triadic

#CD9C48 #48CD9C #9C48CD

tetradic

#CD9C48 #48CD5A #4879CD #CD48BC

square

#CD9C48 #48CD5A #4879CD #CD48BC

split-complementary

#CD9C48 #48BCCD #5A48CD

monochromatic

#795921 #A97C2E #CD9C48 #DAB678 #E7D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C48

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C48	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)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97e',
    500: '#cd9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c48;
$custom-light: #e0b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C48

secondary

#9CB1D5

accent

#80E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C48

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

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