#CD9D4C#CD9D4C

#CD9D4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D4C
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 76)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 9.14, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 49.17, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.023 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.114 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5405, 37.6175, 12.0671)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D4C #4C7CCD

analogous

#CD5C4C #CD9D4C #BDCD4C

triadic

#CD9D4C #4CCD9D #9D4CCD

tetradic

#CD9D4C #4CCD5C #4C7CCD #CD4CBD

square

#CD9D4C #4CCD5C #4C7CCD #CD4CBD

split-complementary

#CD9D4C #4CBDCD #5C4CCD

monochromatic

#7C5B23 #AC7E30 #CD9D4C #DAB77C #E8D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CD9D4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D4C

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D4C	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)

#B09E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b981',
    500: '#cd9d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d4c;
$custom-light: #e0b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.674,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72526,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D4C

secondary

#9FB3D5

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D4C

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

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