#CD9C4E#CD9C4E

#CD9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C4E
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 9.82, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 48.09, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0252 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.112 77)
XYZ	xyz(38.4426, 37.3088, 12.3828)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C4E #4E7FCD

analogous

#CD5C4E #CD9C4E #BFCD4E

triadic

#CD9C4E #4ECD9C #9C4ECD

tetradic

#CD9C4E #4ECD5C #4E7FCD #CD4EBF

square

#CD9C4E #4ECD5C #4E7FCD #CD4EBF

split-complementary

#CD9C4E #4EBFCD #5C4ECD

monochromatic

#7D5B23 #AD7D31 #CD9C4E #DAB77E #E8D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C4E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C4E	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)

#AF9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b982',
    500: '#cd9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c4e;
$custom-light: #e0b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.85,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.37306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C4E

secondary

#A1B5D6

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C4E

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

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