#CD9E48#CD9E48

#CD9E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E48
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 8.34, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 51.12, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0201 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.117 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5756, 37.9034, 11.4140)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E48 #4877CD

analogous

#CD5C48 #CD9E48 #BACD48

triadic

#CD9E48 #48CD9E #9E48CD

tetradic

#CD9E48 #48CD5C #4877CD #CD48BA

square

#CD9E48 #48CD5C #4877CD #CD48BA

split-complementary

#CD9E48 #48BACD #5C48CD

monochromatic

#795A21 #A97E2E #CD9E48 #DAB778 #E7D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CD9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E48

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E48	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7e',
    500: '#cd9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e48;
$custom-light: #e0ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E48

secondary

#9CB0D5

accent

#7DE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E48

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

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