#CD9140#CD9140

#CD9140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9140
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 14.92, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 52.72, 73.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0383 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.121 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2301, 33.6031, 9.4274)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9140 #407CCD

analogous

#CD4A40 #CD9140 #C2CD40

triadic

#CD9140 #40CD91 #9140CD

tetradic

#CD9140 #40CD4A #407CCD #CD40C2

square

#CD9140 #40CD4A #407CCD #CD40C2

split-complementary

#CD9140 #40C2CD #4A40CD

monochromatic

#74501E #A5712B #CD9140 #DAAD71 #E6C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#CD9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9140

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9140	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b178',
    500: '#cd9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9140;
$custom-light: #e1b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9140

secondary

#96B0D3

accent

#88E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9140

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

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