#CD9E45#CD9E45

#CD9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E45
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 8.16, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 52.43, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0191 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.119 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4801, 37.8652, 10.9110)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E45 #4574CD

analogous

#CD5A45 #CD9E45 #B8CD45

triadic

#CD9E45 #45CD9E #9E45CD

tetradic

#CD9E45 #45CD5A #4574CD #CD45B8

square

#CD9E45 #45CD5A #4574CD #CD45B8

split-complementary

#CD9E45 #45B8CD #5A45CD

monochromatic

#775920 #A87D2D #CD9E45 #DAB775 #E7D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CD9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E45

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E45	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7c',
    500: '#cd9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e45;
$custom-light: #e0ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72648,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E45

secondary

#9AAED4

accent

#7CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E45

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

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