#CD9136#CD9136

#CD9136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9136
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 14.41, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 56.78, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0354 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.127 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9706, 33.4993, 8.0609)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9136 #3672CD

analogous

#CD4536 #CD9136 #BDCD36

triadic

#CD9136 #36CD91 #9136CD

tetradic

#CD9136 #36CD45 #3672CD #CD36BD

square

#CD9136 #36CD45 #3672CD #CD36BD

split-complementary

#CD9136 #36BDCD #4536CD

monochromatic

#6D4D1B #9E6F27 #CD9136 #D9AC67 #E5C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CD9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CD9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9136

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9136	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b172',
    500: '#cd9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9136;
$custom-light: #e1b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6998,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9136

secondary

#8EA9D1

accent

#84E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9136

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

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