#CD9236#CD9236

#CD9236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9236
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 13.87, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 56.88, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0338 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.127 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1241, 33.8062, 8.1120)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9236 #3671CD

analogous

#CD4636 #CD9236 #BCCD36

triadic

#CD9236 #36CD92 #9236CD

tetradic

#CD9236 #36CD46 #3671CD #CD36BC

square

#CD9236 #36CD46 #3671CD #CD36BC

split-complementary

#CD9236 #36BCCD #4636CD

monochromatic

#6D4D1B #9E7027 #CD9236 #D9AD67 #E5C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CD9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CD9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9236

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9236	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)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b173',
    500: '#cd9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9236;
$custom-light: #e1b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9236

secondary

#8EA8D1

accent

#83E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9236

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

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