#CD9C4B#CD9C4B

#CD9C4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C4B
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 9.62, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 49.44, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0242 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.114 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3375, 37.2668, 11.8292)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C4B #4B7CCD

analogous

#CD5B4B #CD9C4B #BDCD4B

triadic

#CD9C4B #4BCD9C #9C4BCD

tetradic

#CD9C4B #4BCD5B #4B7CCD #CD4BBD

square

#CD9C4B #4BCD5B #4B7CCD #CD4BBD

split-complementary

#CD9C4B #4BBDCD #5B4BCD

monochromatic

#7B5A22 #AB7D30 #CD9C4B #DAB67B #E8D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C4B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C4B	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#AF9D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b980',
    500: '#cd9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c4b;
$custom-light: #e0b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C4B

secondary

#9FB3D5

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C4B

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

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