#CD942C#CD942C

#CD942C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD942C
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 12.36, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 60.82, 78.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0283 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.133 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2239, 34.3438, 7.1036)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD942C #2C65CD

analogous

#CD442C #CD942C #B6CD2C

triadic

#CD942C #2CCD94 #942CCD

tetradic

#CD942C #2CCD44 #2C65CD #CD2CB6

square

#CD942C #2CCD44 #2C65CD #CD2CB6

split-complementary

#CD942C #2CB6CD #442CCD

monochromatic

#684B16 #9B7021 #CD942C #DCAE5B #E7C78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CD942C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#CD942C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD942C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD942C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD942C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd942c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b36d',
    500: '#cd942c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd942c;
$custom-light: #e1b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd942c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.758,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD942C

secondary

#849FD1

accent

#7BE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD942C

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

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