#CD9D50#CD9D50

#CD9D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D50
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 9.42, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 47.36, 78.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0243 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.111 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6839, 37.6749, 12.8224)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D50 #5080CD

analogous

#CD5E50 #CD9D50 #BECD50

triadic

#CD9D50 #50CD9D #9D50CD

tetradic

#CD9D50 #50CD5E #5080CD #CD50BE

square

#CD9D50 #50CD5E #5080CD #CD50BE

split-complementary

#CD9D50 #50BECD #5E50CD

monochromatic

#7E5C24 #AE7E32 #CD9D50 #DBB880 #E8D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D50

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D50	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)

#B09E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b983',
    500: '#cd9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d50;
$custom-light: #e0b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.96,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D50

secondary

#A2B6D6

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D50

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

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