#CD9E4B#CD9E4B

#CD9E4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E4B
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 8.54, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 49.79, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.021 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.115 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6759, 37.9435, 11.9420)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E4B #4B7ACD

analogous

#CD5D4B #CD9E4B #BBCD4B

triadic

#CD9E4B #4BCD9E #9E4BCD

tetradic

#CD9E4B #4BCD5D #4B7ACD #CD4BBB

square

#CD9E4B #4BCD5D #4B7ACD #CD4BBB

split-complementary

#CD9E4B #4BBBCD #5D4BCD

monochromatic

#7B5B22 #AB7F30 #CD9E4B #DAB87B #E8D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD9E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E4B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E4B	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)

#B19F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba80',
    500: '#cd9e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e4b;
$custom-light: #e0ba80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E4B

secondary

#9FB2D5

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E4B

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

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