#CD9E4D#CD9E4D

#CD9E4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E4D
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 8.67, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 48.90, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0217 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.113 79)
XYZ	xyz(38.7454, 37.9713, 12.3082)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E4D #4D7CCD

analogous

#CD5E4D #CD9E4D #BCCD4D

triadic

#CD9E4D #4DCD9E #9E4DCD

tetradic

#CD9E4D #4DCD5E #4D7CCD #CD4DBC

square

#CD9E4D #4DCD5E #4D7CCD #CD4DBC

split-complementary

#CD9E4D #4DBCCD #5E4DCD

monochromatic

#7D5C23 #AC7F30 #CD9E4D #DAB87D #E8D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD9E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E4D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E4D	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B19F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba82',
    500: '#cd9e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e4d;
$custom-light: #e0ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.969,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E4D

secondary

#A0B4D6

accent

#80DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E4D

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

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