#CD9C50#CD9C50

#CD9C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C50
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 9.96, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 47.19, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0259 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.11 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5154, 37.3379, 12.7662)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C50 #5081CD

analogous

#CD5D50 #CD9C50 #BFCD50

triadic

#CD9C50 #50CD9C #9C50CD

tetradic

#CD9C50 #50CD5D #5081CD #CD50BF

square

#CD9C50 #50CD5D #5081CD #CD50BF

split-complementary

#CD9C50 #50BFCD #5D50CD

monochromatic

#7E5B24 #AE7D32 #CD9C50 #DBB780 #E8D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C50

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C50	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b983',
    500: '#cd9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c50;
$custom-light: #e0b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C50

secondary

#A2B7D6

accent

#84DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C50

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

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