#CD9139#CD9139

#CD9139 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9139
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 14.55, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 55.59, 74.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0362 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.125 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0433, 33.5283, 8.4434)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9139 #3975CD

analogous

#CD4739 #CD9139 #BFCD39

triadic

#CD9139 #39CD91 #9139CD

tetradic

#CD9139 #39CD47 #3975CD #CD39BF

square

#CD9139 #39CD47 #3975CD #CD39BF

split-complementary

#CD9139 #39BFCD #4739CD

monochromatic

#6F4E1C #A07028 #CD9139 #D9AC6A #E6C79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CD9139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CD9139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9139

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9139	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)

#A6942E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b174',
    500: '#cd9139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9139;
$custom-light: #e1b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70006,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9139

secondary

#90ABD2

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9139

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

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