#CD9435#CD9435

#CD9435 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9435
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 12.73, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 57.50, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0304 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.128 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4119, 34.4189, 8.0933)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9435 #356ECD

analogous

#CD4835 #CD9435 #BACD35

triadic

#CD9435 #35CD94 #9435CD

tetradic

#CD9435 #35CD48 #356ECD #CD35BA

square

#CD9435 #35CD48 #356ECD #CD35BA

split-complementary

#CD9435 #35BACD #4835CD

monochromatic

#6D4E1B #9E7127 #CD9435 #D9AE66 #E5C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CD9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#CD9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9435

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9435	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b372',
    500: '#cd9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9435;
$custom-light: #e1b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9435

secondary

#8DA6D1

accent

#80E344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9435

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

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