#CD9C59#CD9C59

#CD9C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C59
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 10.64, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 43.08, 75.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0291 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.103 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8705, 37.4800, 14.6363)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C59 #598ACD

analogous

#CD6259 #CD9C59 #C4CD59

triadic

#CD9C59 #59CD9C #9C59CD

tetradic

#CD9C59 #59CD62 #598ACD #CD59C4

square

#CD9C59 #59CD62 #598ACD #CD59C4

split-complementary

#CD9C59 #59C4CD #6259CD

monochromatic

#845D28 #B37E36 #CD9C59 #DBB888 #E9D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C59

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C59	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb989',
    500: '#cd9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c59;
$custom-light: #dfb989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72494,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C59

secondary

#AABDD8

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C59

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

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