#CD9237#CD9237

#CD9237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9237
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 13.91, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.49, 75.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0341 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.126 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1478, 33.8157, 8.2370)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9237 #3772CD

analogous

#CD4737 #CD9237 #BDCD37

triadic

#CD9237 #37CD92 #9237CD

tetradic

#CD9237 #37CD47 #3772CD #CD37BD

square

#CD9237 #37CD47 #3772CD #CD37BD

split-complementary

#CD9237 #37BDCD #4737CD

monochromatic

#6E4E1C #9F7028 #CD9237 #D9AD68 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CD9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CD9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9237

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9237	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)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b173',
    500: '#cd9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9237;
$custom-light: #e1b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7018,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9237

secondary

#8FA9D1

accent

#83E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9237

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

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