#CD9D45#CD9D45

#CD9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D45
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 8.70, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 52.25, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0207 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.119 80)
XYZ	xyz(38.3103, 37.5254, 10.8544)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D45 #4575CD

analogous

#CD5945 #CD9D45 #B9CD45

triadic

#CD9D45 #45CD9D #9D45CD

tetradic

#CD9D45 #45CD59 #4575CD #CD45B9

square

#CD9D45 #45CD59 #4575CD #CD45B9

split-complementary

#CD9D45 #45B9CD #5945CD

monochromatic

#775920 #A87C2D #CD9D45 #DAB675 #E7D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D45

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D45	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)

#B09E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97c',
    500: '#cd9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d45;
$custom-light: #e0b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D45

secondary

#9AAED4

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D45

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

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