#CD9F5A#CD9F5A

#CD9F5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F5A
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 90)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 9.09, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 43.13, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0246 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.103 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4224, 38.5161, 15.0288)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F5A #5A88CD

analogous

#CD655A #CD9F5A #C1CD5A

triadic

#CD9F5A #5ACD9F #9F5ACD

tetradic

#CD9F5A #5ACD65 #5A88CD #CD5AC1

square

#CD9F5A #5ACD65 #5A88CD #CD5AC1

split-complementary

#CD9F5A #5AC1CD #655ACD

monochromatic

#846028 #B38136 #CD9F5A #DBBA89 #E9D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CD9F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CD9F5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F5A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F5A	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb8a',
    500: '#cd9f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f5a;
$custom-light: #dfbb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F5A

secondary

#AABDD8

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F5A

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

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