#CD9C4F#CD9C4F

#CD9C4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C4F
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 9.89, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 47.64, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0255 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.111 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4787, 37.3232, 12.5731)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C4F #4F80CD

analogous

#CD5D4F #CD9C4F #BFCD4F

triadic

#CD9C4F #4FCD9C #9C4FCD

tetradic

#CD9C4F #4FCD5D #4F80CD #CD4FBF

square

#CD9C4F #4FCD5D #4F80CD #CD4FBF

split-complementary

#CD9C4F #4FBFCD #5D4FCD

monochromatic

#7E5B24 #AE7D31 #CD9C4F #DBB77F #E8D2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C4F

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C4F	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)

#AF9D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b983',
    500: '#cd9c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c4f;
$custom-light: #e0b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C4F

secondary

#A2B6D6

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C4F

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

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