#CD9D53#CD9D53

#CD9D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D53
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 9.63, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 46.00, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0253 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.108 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7972, 37.7202, 13.4192)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D53 #5383CD

analogous

#CD6053 #CD9D53 #C0CD53

triadic

#CD9D53 #53CD9D #9D53CD

tetradic

#CD9D53 #53CD60 #5383CD #CD53C0

square

#CD9D53 #53CD60 #5383CD #CD53C0

split-complementary

#CD9D53 #53C0CD #6053CD

monochromatic

#805C25 #B07F33 #CD9D53 #DBB882 #E9D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D53

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D53	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)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb985',
    500: '#cd9d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d53;
$custom-light: #dfb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7261,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D53

secondary

#A5B9D7

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D53

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

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