#CD9E4A#CD9E4A

#CD9E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E4A
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 8.47, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 50.24, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0207 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.116 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6419, 37.9299, 11.7632)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E4A #4A79CD

analogous

#CD5C4A #CD9E4A #BBCD4A

triadic

#CD9E4A #4ACD9E #9E4ACD

tetradic

#CD9E4A #4ACD5C #4A79CD #CD4ABB

square

#CD9E4A #4ACD5C #4A79CD #CD4ABB

split-complementary

#CD9E4A #4ABBCD #5C4ACD

monochromatic

#7B5B22 #AB7E2F #CD9E4A #DAB87A #E7D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD9E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E4A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E4A	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba80',
    500: '#cd9e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e4a;
$custom-light: #e0ba80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E4A

secondary

#9EB2D5

accent

#7EE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E4A

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

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