#CD9F56#CD9F56

#CD9F56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F56
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 8.78, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 44.98, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0232 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.106 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2567, 38.4499, 14.1562)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F56 #5684CD

analogous

#CD6456 #CD9F56 #BFCD56

triadic

#CD9F56 #56CD9F #9F56CD

tetradic

#CD9F56 #56CD64 #5684CD #CD56BF

square

#CD9F56 #56CD64 #5684CD #CD56BF

split-complementary

#CD9F56 #56BFCD #6456CD

monochromatic

#825F26 #B18134 #CD9F56 #DBBA85 #E9D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD9F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CD9F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F56

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F56	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb87',
    500: '#cd9f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f56;
$custom-light: #dfbb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.807,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F56

secondary

#A7BAD8

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F56

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

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