#CD9342#CD9342

#CD9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9342
RGB	rgb(205, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 13.94, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 52.09, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0357 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.119 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5963, 34.2428, 9.8353)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9342 #427CCD

analogous

#CD4D42 #CD9342 #C1CD42

triadic

#CD9342 #42CD93 #9342CD

tetradic

#CD9342 #42CD4D #427CCD #CD42C1

square

#CD9342 #42CD4D #427CCD #CD42C1

split-complementary

#CD9342 #42C1CD #4D42CD

monochromatic

#76511F #A6732C #CD9342 #DAAF72 #E7CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CD9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#CD9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9342

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9342	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b27a',
    500: '#cd9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9342;
$custom-light: #e1b27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9342

secondary

#97B0D3

accent

#87E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9342

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →