#CD9C4C#CD9C4C

#CD9C4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C4C
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 76)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 9.68, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 48.99, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0245 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.113 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3720, 37.2806, 12.0109)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C4C #4C7DCD

analogous

#CD5B4C #CD9C4C #BECD4C

triadic

#CD9C4C #4CCD9C #9C4CCD

tetradic

#CD9C4C #4CCD5B #4C7DCD #CD4CBE

square

#CD9C4C #4CCD5B #4C7DCD #CD4CBE

split-complementary

#CD9C4C #4CBECD #5B4CCD

monochromatic

#7C5A23 #AC7D30 #CD9C4C #DAB67C #E8D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9C4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C4C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C4C	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b981',
    500: '#cd9c4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c4c;
$custom-light: #e0b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.209,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C4C

secondary

#9FB4D5

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C4C

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

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