#CD9F48#CD9F48

#CD9F48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F48
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 7.80, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 51.31, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0185 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.117 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7469, 38.2459, 11.4710)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F48 #4876CD

analogous

#CD5D48 #CD9F48 #B9CD48

triadic

#CD9F48 #48CD9F #9F48CD

tetradic

#CD9F48 #48CD5D #4876CD #CD48B9

square

#CD9F48 #48CD5D #4876CD #CD48B9

split-complementary

#CD9F48 #48B9CD #5D48CD

monochromatic

#795B21 #A97F2E #CD9F48 #DAB878 #E7D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CD9F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F48

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F48	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7e',
    500: '#cd9f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f48;
$custom-light: #e0bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F48

secondary

#9CB0D5

accent

#7CE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F48

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

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