#CD9142#CD9142

#CD9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9142
RGB	rgb(205, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 15.03, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 51.88, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0389 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.119 71)
XYZ	xyz(36.2880, 33.6262, 9.7325)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9142 #427ECD

analogous

#CD4B42 #CD9142 #C3CD42

triadic

#CD9142 #42CD91 #9142CD

tetradic

#CD9142 #42CD4B #427ECD #CD42C3

square

#CD9142 #42CD4B #427ECD #CD42C3

split-complementary

#CD9142 #42C3CD #4B42CD

monochromatic

#76501F #A6712C #CD9142 #DAAD72 #E7C9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#CD9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9142

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9142	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)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b17a',
    500: '#cd9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9142;
$custom-light: #e1b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.101,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9142

secondary

#97B1D3

accent

#89E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9142

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

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