#CD9E55#CD9E55

#CD9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E55
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 9.24, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 45.26, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0244 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.107 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0454, 38.0913, 13.8884)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E55 #5584CD

analogous

#CD6255 #CD9E55 #C0CD55

triadic

#CD9E55 #55CD9E #9E55CD

tetradic

#CD9E55 #55CD62 #5584CD #CD55C0

square

#CD9E55 #55CD62 #5584CD #CD55C0

split-complementary

#CD9E55 #55C0CD #6255CD

monochromatic

#825E26 #B18034 #CD9E55 #DBB984 #E9D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E55

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E55	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba87',
    500: '#cd9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e55;
$custom-light: #dfba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E55

secondary

#A6BAD7

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E55

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

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