#CD9C4D#CD9C4D

#CD9C4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C4D
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 9.75, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 48.54, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0249 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.113 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4070, 37.2946, 12.1954)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C4D #4D7ECD

analogous

#CD5C4D #CD9C4D #BECD4D

triadic

#CD9C4D #4DCD9C #9C4DCD

tetradic

#CD9C4D #4DCD5C #4D7ECD #CD4DBE

square

#CD9C4D #4DCD5C #4D7ECD #CD4DBE

split-complementary

#CD9C4D #4DBECD #5C4DCD

monochromatic

#7D5A23 #AC7D30 #CD9C4D #DAB77D #E8D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C4D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C4D	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)

#AF9D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b981',
    500: '#cd9c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c4d;
$custom-light: #e0b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.031,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C4D

secondary

#A0B5D6

accent

#82DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C4D

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

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