#CD9F45#CD9F45

#CD9F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F45
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 7.62, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 52.62, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0176 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.12 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6514, 38.2077, 10.9681)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F45 #4573CD

analogous

#CD5B45 #CD9F45 #B7CD45

triadic

#CD9F45 #45CD9F #9F45CD

tetradic

#CD9F45 #45CD5B #4573CD #CD45B7

square

#CD9F45 #45CD5B #4573CD #CD45B7

split-complementary

#CD9F45 #45B7CD #5B45CD

monochromatic

#775A20 #A87E2D #CD9F45 #DAB875 #E7D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CD9F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F45

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F45	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)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7d',
    500: '#cd9f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f45;
$custom-light: #e0bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F45

secondary

#9AADD4

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F45

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

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