#CD9D56#CD9D56

#CD9D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D56
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 9.86, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 44.62, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0264 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.106 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9156, 37.7676, 14.0425)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D56 #5686CD

analogous

#CD6156 #CD9D56 #C2CD56

triadic

#CD9D56 #56CD9D #9D56CD

tetradic

#CD9D56 #56CD61 #5686CD #CD56C2

square

#CD9D56 #56CD61 #5686CD #CD56C2

split-complementary

#CD9D56 #56C2CD #6156CD

monochromatic

#825D26 #B17F34 #CD9D56 #DBB885 #E9D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D56

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D56	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb987',
    500: '#cd9d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d56;
$custom-light: #dfb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D56

secondary

#A7BBD8

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D56

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

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