#CD942E#CD942E

#CD942E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD942E
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 12.44, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 60.11, 78.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0287 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.132 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2624, 34.3592, 7.3064)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD942E #2E67CD

analogous

#CD452E #CD942E #B7CD2E

triadic

#CD942E #2ECD94 #942ECD

tetradic

#CD942E #2ECD45 #2E67CD #CD2EB7

square

#CD942E #2ECD45 #2E67CD #CD2EB7

split-complementary

#CD942E #2EB7CD #452ECD

monochromatic

#694C18 #9B7023 #CD942E #DBAE5D #E6C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CD942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#CD942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD942E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD942E	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)

#A9961D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b36e',
    500: '#cd942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd942e;
$custom-light: #e1b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD942E

secondary

#86A1D0

accent

#7DE641

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD942E

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

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