#CD9E51#CD9E51

#CD9E51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E51
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 8.95, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 47.09, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0231 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.11 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8910, 38.0295, 13.0750)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E51 #5180CD

analogous

#CD6051 #CD9E51 #BECD51

triadic

#CD9E51 #51CD9E #9E51CD

tetradic

#CD9E51 #51CD60 #5180CD #CD51BE

square

#CD9E51 #51CD60 #5180CD #CD51BE

split-complementary

#CD9E51 #51BECD #6051CD

monochromatic

#7F5D25 #AF7F32 #CD9E51 #DBB981 #E8D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E51

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E51	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba84',
    500: '#cd9e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e51;
$custom-light: #e0ba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E51

secondary

#A3B7D7

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E51

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

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