#CD9240#CD9240

#CD9240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9240
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 14.38, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 52.82, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0367 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.121 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3836, 33.9100, 9.4785)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9240 #407BCD

analogous

#CD4C40 #CD9240 #C1CD40

triadic

#CD9240 #40CD92 #9240CD

tetradic

#CD9240 #40CD4C #407BCD #CD40C1

square

#CD9240 #40CD4C #407BCD #CD40C1

split-complementary

#CD9240 #40C1CD #4C40CD

monochromatic

#74501E #A5722B #CD9240 #DAAE71 #E6C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CD9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#CD9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9240

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9240	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b179',
    500: '#cd9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9240;
$custom-light: #e1b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70263,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9240

secondary

#96AFD3

accent

#87E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9240

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

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