#CD9D57#CD9D57

#CD9D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D57
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 9.94, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 44.16, 77.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0268 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.105 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9561, 37.7838, 14.2562)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D57 #5787CD

analogous

#CD6257 #CD9D57 #C2CD57

triadic

#CD9D57 #57CD9D #9D57CD

tetradic

#CD9D57 #57CD62 #5787CD #CD57C2

square

#CD9D57 #57CD62 #5787CD #CD57C2

split-complementary

#CD9D57 #57C2CD #6257CD

monochromatic

#835D27 #B27F35 #CD9D57 #DBB986 #E9D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D57

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D57	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb988',
    500: '#cd9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d57;
$custom-light: #dfb988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72662,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D57

secondary

#A8BBD8

accent

#86DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D57

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

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