#CD9D4B#CD9D4B

#CD9D4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D4B
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 9.08, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 49.61, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0226 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.115 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5060, 37.6037, 11.8854)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D4B #4B7BCD

analogous

#CD5C4B #CD9D4B #BCCD4B

triadic

#CD9D4B #4BCD9D #9D4BCD

tetradic

#CD9D4B #4BCD5C #4B7BCD #CD4BBC

square

#CD9D4B #4BCD5C #4B7BCD #CD4BBC

split-complementary

#CD9D4B #4BBCCD #5C4BCD

monochromatic

#7B5A22 #AB7E30 #CD9D4B #DAB77B #E8D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CD9D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D4B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D4B	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b980',
    500: '#cd9d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d4b;
$custom-light: #e0b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72515,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D4B

secondary

#9FB3D5

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D4B

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

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