#CD9E65#CD9E65

#CD9E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E65
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 10.58, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 37.85, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0304 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.093 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7545, 38.3749, 17.6226)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E65 #6594CD

analogous

#CD6A65 #CD9E65 #C8CD65

triadic

#CD9E65 #65CD9E #9E65CD

tetradic

#CD9E65 #65CD6A #6594CD #CD65C8

square

#CD9E65 #65CD6A #6594CD #CD65C8

split-complementary

#CD9E65 #65C8CD #6A65CD

monochromatic

#8B602D #B9803C #CD9E65 #DCBB93 #EBD8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD9E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CD9E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E65

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E65	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba92',
    500: '#cd9e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e65;
$custom-light: #dfba92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.885,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E65

secondary

#B3C5DB

accent

#8DDA4D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E65

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

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