#CD9E4E#CD9E4E

#CD9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E4E
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 8.74, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 48.45, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.022 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.112 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7810, 37.9855, 12.4956)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E4E #4E7DCD

analogous

#CD5E4E #CD9E4E #BDCD4E

triadic

#CD9E4E #4ECD9E #9E4ECD

tetradic

#CD9E4E #4ECD5E #4E7DCD #CD4EBD

square

#CD9E4E #4ECD5E #4E7DCD #CD4EBD

split-complementary

#CD9E4E #4EBDCD #5E4ECD

monochromatic

#7D5C23 #AD7F31 #CD9E4E #DAB87E #E8D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E4E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E4E	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba82',
    500: '#cd9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e4e;
$custom-light: #e0ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72746,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E4E

secondary

#A1B5D6

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E4E

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

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