#CD9F46#CD9F46

#CD9F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.119 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F46
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 7.68, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 52.19, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0179 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.119 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6827, 38.2202, 11.1330)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F46 #4674CD

analogous

#CD5C46 #CD9F46 #B7CD46

triadic

#CD9F46 #46CD9F #9F46CD

tetradic

#CD9F46 #46CD5C #4674CD #CD46B7

square

#CD9F46 #46CD5C #4674CD #CD46B7

split-complementary

#CD9F46 #46B7CD #5C46CD

monochromatic

#785A20 #A87E2D #CD9F46 #DAB876 #E7D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CD9F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F46

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F46	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)

#B29F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.119 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7d',
    500: '#cd9f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f46;
$custom-light: #e0bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F46

secondary

#9BAED4

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F46

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

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