#CD9137#CD9137

#CD9137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9137
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 14.46, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 56.39, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0357 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.126 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9944, 33.5088, 8.1858)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9137 #3773CD

analogous

#CD4637 #CD9137 #BECD37

triadic

#CD9137 #37CD91 #9137CD

tetradic

#CD9137 #37CD46 #3773CD #CD37BE

square

#CD9137 #37CD46 #3773CD #CD37BE

split-complementary

#CD9137 #37BECD #4637CD

monochromatic

#6E4D1C #9F6F28 #CD9137 #D9AC68 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CD9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CD9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9137

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9137	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b173',
    500: '#cd9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9137;
$custom-light: #e1b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9137

secondary

#8FA9D1

accent

#84E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9137

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

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