#CD9437#CD9437

#CD9437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9437
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 12.83, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 56.72, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0309 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.127 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4588, 34.4377, 8.3406)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9437 #3770CD

analogous

#CD4937 #CD9437 #BBCD37

triadic

#CD9437 #37CD94 #9437CD

tetradic

#CD9437 #37CD49 #3770CD #CD37BB

square

#CD9437 #37CD49 #3770CD #CD37BB

split-complementary

#CD9437 #37BBCD #4937CD

monochromatic

#6E4F1C #9F7228 #CD9437 #D9AE68 #E5C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CD9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#CD9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9437

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9437	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b373',
    500: '#cd9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9437;
$custom-light: #e1b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70565,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9437

secondary

#8FA8D1

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9437

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

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