#CD9C5A#CD9C5A

#CD9C5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C5A
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 90)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 10.72, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 42.62, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0294 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.102 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9128, 37.4969, 14.8590)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C5A #5A8BCD

analogous

#CD635A #CD9C5A #C4CD5A

triadic

#CD9C5A #5ACD9C #9C5ACD

tetradic

#CD9C5A #5ACD63 #5A8BCD #CD5AC4

square

#CD9C5A #5ACD63 #5A8BCD #CD5AC4

split-complementary

#CD9C5A #5AC4CD #635ACD

monochromatic

#845D28 #B37E36 #CD9C5A #DBB889 #E9D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9C5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C5A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C5A	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)

#AE9E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb98a',
    500: '#cd9c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c5a;
$custom-light: #dfb98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C5A

secondary

#AABED8

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C5A

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

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