#CD9E5D#CD9E5D

#CD9E5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E5D
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 93)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 9.88, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 41.56, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0274 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.1 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3814, 38.2257, 15.6579)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E5D #5D8CCD

analogous

#CD665D #CD9E5D #C4CD5D

triadic

#CD9E5D #5DCD9E #9E5DCD

tetradic

#CD9E5D #5DCD66 #5D8CCD #CD5DC4

square

#CD9E5D #5DCD66 #5D8CCD #CD5DC4

split-complementary

#CD9E5D #5DC4CD #665DCD

monochromatic

#865F29 #B58038 #CD9E5D #DBBA8C #EAD6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CD9E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E5D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E5D	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba8c',
    500: '#cd9e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e5d;
$custom-light: #dfba8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.821,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72941,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E5D

secondary

#ADBFD9

accent

#88DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E5D

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

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