#CD9C53#CD9C53

#CD9C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C53
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 10.18, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 45.83, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0269 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.108 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6287, 37.3832, 13.3631)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C53 #5384CD

analogous

#CD5F53 #CD9C53 #C1CD53

triadic

#CD9C53 #53CD9C #9C53CD

tetradic

#CD9C53 #53CD5F #5384CD #CD53C1

square

#CD9C53 #53CD5F #5384CD #CD53C1

split-complementary

#CD9C53 #53C1CD #5F53CD

monochromatic

#805C25 #B07E33 #CD9C53 #DBB782 #E9D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C53

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C53	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b985',
    500: '#cd9c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c53;
$custom-light: #e0b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C53

secondary

#A5B9D7

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C53

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

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