#CD9E62#CD9E62

#CD9E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.095 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E62
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 10.31, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 39.24, 74.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0292 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.095 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6102, 38.3172, 16.8626)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E62 #6291CD

analogous

#CD6962 #CD9E62 #C7CD62

triadic

#CD9E62 #62CD9E #9E62CD

tetradic

#CD9E62 #62CD69 #6291CD #CD62C7

square

#CD9E62 #62CD69 #6291CD #CD62C7

split-complementary

#CD9E62 #62C7CD #6962CD

monochromatic

#89602C #B7803A #CD9E62 #DCBB90 #EBD7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD9E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CD9E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E62

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E62	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.095 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba90',
    500: '#cd9e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e62;
$custom-light: #dfba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.645,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E62

secondary

#B1C3DA

accent

#8BDB4D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E62

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

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