#CD8937#CD8937

#CD8937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8937
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 18.81, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 55.80, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0485 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.127 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8147, 31.1495, 7.7926)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8937 #377BCD

analogous

#CD3E37 #CD8937 #C6CD37

triadic

#CD8937 #37CD89 #8937CD

tetradic

#CD8937 #37CD3E #377BCD #CD37C6

square

#CD8937 #37CD3E #377BCD #CD37C6

split-complementary

#CD8937 #37C6CD #3E37CD

monochromatic

#6E491C #9F6928 #CD8937 #D9A668 #E5C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CD8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8937

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8937	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab72',
    500: '#cd8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8937;
$custom-light: #e1ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68479,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8937

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8DE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8937

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

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