#CD9138#CD9138

#CD9138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9138
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 14.50, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 55.99, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.036 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.126 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0186, 33.5185, 8.3133)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9138 #3874CD

analogous

#CD4638 #CD9138 #BECD38

triadic

#CD9138 #38CD91 #9138CD

tetradic

#CD9138 #38CD46 #3874CD #CD38BE

square

#CD9138 #38CD46 #3874CD #CD38BE

split-complementary

#CD9138 #38BECD #4638CD

monochromatic

#6F4D1C #A07028 #CD9138 #D9AC69 #E6C79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CD9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CD9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9138

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9138	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)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b174',
    500: '#cd9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9138;
$custom-light: #e1b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.839,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9138

secondary

#8FAAD1

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9138

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

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