#CD9235#CD9235

#CD9235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9235
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 13.82, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 57.27, 76.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0336 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.127 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1009, 33.7969, 7.9896)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9235 #3570CD

analogous

#CD4635 #CD9235 #BCCD35

triadic

#CD9235 #35CD92 #9235CD

tetradic

#CD9235 #35CD46 #3570CD #CD35BC

square

#CD9235 #35CD46 #3570CD #CD35BC

split-complementary

#CD9235 #35BCCD #4635CD

monochromatic

#6D4D1B #9E7027 #CD9235 #D9AC66 #E5C797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CD9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CD9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9235

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9235	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b172',
    500: '#cd9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9235;
$custom-light: #e1b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.711,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9235

secondary

#8DA7D1

accent

#82E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9235

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

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