#CD9238#CD9238

#CD9238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9238
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 13.96, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.10, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0344 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.126 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1720, 33.8254, 8.3645)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9238 #3873CD

analogous

#CD4738 #CD9238 #BDCD38

triadic

#CD9238 #38CD92 #9238CD

tetradic

#CD9238 #38CD47 #3873CD #CD38BD

square

#CD9238 #38CD47 #3873CD #CD38BD

split-complementary

#CD9238 #38BDCD #4738CD

monochromatic

#6F4E1C #A07028 #CD9238 #D9AD69 #E6C89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CD9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CD9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9238

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9238	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b174',
    500: '#cd9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9238;
$custom-light: #e1b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.242,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70188,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9238

secondary

#8FAAD1

accent

#83E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9238

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

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