#CD9242#CD9242

#CD9242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9242
RGB	rgb(205, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 14.49, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 51.98, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0373 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.119 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4415, 33.9332, 9.7837)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9242 #427DCD

analogous

#CD4C42 #CD9242 #C3CD42

triadic

#CD9242 #42CD92 #9242CD

tetradic

#CD9242 #42CD4C #427DCD #CD42C3

square

#CD9242 #42CD4C #427DCD #CD42C3

split-complementary

#CD9242 #42C3CD #4C42CD

monochromatic

#76511F #A6722C #CD9242 #DAAE72 #E7CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CD9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#CD9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9242

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9242	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b17a',
    500: '#cd9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9242;
$custom-light: #e1b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70283,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9242

secondary

#97B1D3

accent

#88E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9242

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

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