#CD9E49#CD9E49

#CD9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E49
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 8.41, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 50.68, 80.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0204 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.116 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6085, 37.9165, 11.5872)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E49 #4978CD

analogous

#CD5C49 #CD9E49 #BACD49

triadic

#CD9E49 #49CD9E #9E49CD

tetradic

#CD9E49 #49CD5C #4978CD #CD49BA

square

#CD9E49 #49CD5C #4978CD #CD49BA

split-complementary

#CD9E49 #49BACD #5C49CD

monochromatic

#7A5B22 #AA7E2F #CD9E49 #DAB879 #E7D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CD9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E49

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E49	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)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7f',
    500: '#cd9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e49;
$custom-light: #e0ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E49

secondary

#9DB1D5

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E49

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

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