#CD9C49#CD9C49

#CD9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C49
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 9.49, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 50.32, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0236 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.116 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2701, 37.2398, 11.4744)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C49 #497ACD

analogous

#CD5A49 #CD9C49 #BCCD49

triadic

#CD9C49 #49CD9C #9C49CD

tetradic

#CD9C49 #49CD5A #497ACD #CD49BC

square

#CD9C49 #49CD5A #497ACD #CD49BC

split-complementary

#CD9C49 #49BCCD #5A49CD

monochromatic

#7A5922 #AA7C2F #CD9C49 #DAB679 #E7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C49

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C49	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97f',
    500: '#cd9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c49;
$custom-light: #e0b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72296,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C49

secondary

#9DB2D5

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C49

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

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