#CD9042#CD9042

#CD9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9042
RGB	rgb(205, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 15.58, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 51.79, 72.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0405 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.119 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1359, 33.3220, 9.6818)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9042 #427FCD

analogous

#CD4A42 #CD9042 #C4CD42

triadic

#CD9042 #42CD90 #9042CD

tetradic

#CD9042 #42CD4A #427FCD #CD42C4

square

#CD9042 #42CD4A #427FCD #CD42C4

split-complementary

#CD9042 #42C4CD #4A42CD

monochromatic

#76501F #A6702C #CD9042 #DAAC72 #E7C9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CD9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#CD9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9042

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9042	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b07a',
    500: '#cd9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9042;
$custom-light: #e1b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.669,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69902,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9042

secondary

#97B2D3

accent

#8AE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9042

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

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