#CD9D4E#CD9D4E

#CD9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D4E
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, 9.28, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 48.27, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0236 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.112 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6111, 37.6458, 12.4390)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D4E #4E7ECD

analogous

#CD5D4E #CD9D4E #BDCD4E

triadic

#CD9D4E #4ECD9D #9D4ECD

tetradic

#CD9D4E #4ECD5D #4E7ECD #CD4EBD

square

#CD9D4E #4ECD5D #4E7ECD #CD4EBD

split-complementary

#CD9D4E #4EBDCD #5D4ECD

monochromatic

#7D5B23 #AD7E31 #CD9D4E #DAB77E #E8D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D4E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D4E	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b982',
    500: '#cd9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d4e;
$custom-light: #e0b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.323,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D4E

secondary

#A1B5D6

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D4E

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

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