#CD9036#CD9036

#CD9036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9036
RGB	rgb(205, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 14.95, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 56.69, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.037 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.127 73)
XYZ	xyz(35.8185, 33.1950, 8.0101)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9036 #3673CD

analogous

#CD4536 #CD9036 #BECD36

triadic

#CD9036 #36CD90 #9036CD

tetradic

#CD9036 #36CD45 #3673CD #CD36BE

square

#CD9036 #36CD45 #3673CD #CD36BE

split-complementary

#CD9036 #36BECD #4536CD

monochromatic

#6D4C1B #9E6E27 #CD9036 #D9AB67 #E5C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CD9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CD9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9036

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9036	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b072',
    500: '#cd9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9036;
$custom-light: #e1b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.762,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.33192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9036

secondary

#8EA9D1

accent

#85E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9036

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

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