#CD9D52#CD9D52

#CD9D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D52
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 9.56, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 46.45, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.025 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.109 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7589, 37.7049, 13.2174)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D52 #5282CD

analogous

#CD6052 #CD9D52 #C0CD52

triadic

#CD9D52 #52CD9D #9D52CD

tetradic

#CD9D52 #52CD60 #5282CD #CD52C0

square

#CD9D52 #52CD60 #5282CD #CD52C0

split-complementary

#CD9D52 #52C0CD #6052CD

monochromatic

#805C25 #AF7F33 #CD9D52 #DBB881 #E8D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D52

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D52	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b985',
    500: '#cd9d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d52;
$custom-light: #e0b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D52

secondary

#A4B8D7

accent

#84DE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D52

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

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