#CD9D48#CD9D48

#CD9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D48
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 8.88, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 50.94, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0217 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.117 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4057, 37.5636, 11.3573)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D48 #4878CD

analogous

#CD5B48 #CD9D48 #BBCD48

triadic

#CD9D48 #48CD9D #9D48CD

tetradic

#CD9D48 #48CD5B #4878CD #CD48BB

square

#CD9D48 #48CD5B #4878CD #CD48BB

split-complementary

#CD9D48 #48BBCD #5B48CD

monochromatic

#795A21 #A97D2E #CD9D48 #DAB778 #E7D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CD9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D48

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D48	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97e',
    500: '#cd9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d48;
$custom-light: #e0b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D48

secondary

#9CB1D5

accent

#7FE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D48

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

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