#CD9038#CD9038

#CD9038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9038
RGB	rgb(205, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 15.05, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 55.90, 74.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0376 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.126 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8664, 33.2142, 8.2626)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9038 #3875CD

analogous

#CD4538 #CD9038 #BFCD38

triadic

#CD9038 #38CD90 #9038CD

tetradic

#CD9038 #38CD45 #3875CD #CD38BF

square

#CD9038 #38CD45 #3875CD #CD38BF

split-complementary

#CD9038 #38BFCD #4538CD

monochromatic

#6F4D1C #A06F28 #CD9038 #D9AB69 #E6C79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CD9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CD9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9038

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9038	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b074',
    500: '#cd9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9038;
$custom-light: #e1b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69806,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9038

secondary

#8FAAD1

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9038

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

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