#CD9E50#CD9E50

#CD9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E50
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 8.88, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 47.54, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0227 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.111 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8538, 38.0147, 12.8790)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E50 #507FCD

analogous

#CD5F50 #CD9E50 #BDCD50

triadic

#CD9E50 #50CD9E #9E50CD

tetradic

#CD9E50 #50CD5F #507FCD #CD50BD

square

#CD9E50 #50CD5F #507FCD #CD50BD

split-complementary

#CD9E50 #50BDCD #5F50CD

monochromatic

#7E5D24 #AE7F32 #CD9E50 #DBB880 #E8D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E50

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E50	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)

#B09F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba83',
    500: '#cd9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e50;
$custom-light: #e0ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.44,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E50

secondary

#A2B6D6

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E50

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

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