#CD9039#CD9039

#CD9039 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9039
RGB	rgb(205, 144, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 15.10, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 55.50, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0378 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.125 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8911, 33.2241, 8.3927)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9039 #3976CD

analogous

#CD4639 #CD9039 #C0CD39

triadic

#CD9039 #39CD90 #9039CD

tetradic

#CD9039 #39CD46 #3976CD #CD39C0

square

#CD9039 #39CD46 #3976CD #CD39C0

split-complementary

#CD9039 #39C0CD #4639CD

monochromatic

#6F4D1C #A06F28 #CD9039 #D9AB6A #E6C79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CD9039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CD9039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9039

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9039	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)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 144, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b074',
    500: '#cd9039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9039;
$custom-light: #e1b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9039

secondary

#90ABD2

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9039

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

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