#CD9E52#CD9E52

#CD9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E52
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 9.02, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 46.63, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0234 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.109 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9288, 38.0447, 13.2740)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E52 #5281CD

analogous

#CD6152 #CD9E52 #BFCD52

triadic

#CD9E52 #52CD9E #9E52CD

tetradic

#CD9E52 #52CD61 #5281CD #CD52BF

square

#CD9E52 #52CD61 #5281CD #CD52BF

split-complementary

#CD9E52 #52BFCD #6152CD

monochromatic

#805D25 #AF8033 #CD9E52 #DBB981 #E8D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E52

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E52	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)

#B09F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba85',
    500: '#cd9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e52;
$custom-light: #dfba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E52

secondary

#A4B7D7

accent

#82DE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E52

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

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