#CD9438#CD9438

#CD9438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9438
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 12.87, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.32, 76.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0312 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.126 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4830, 34.4474, 8.4682)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9438 #3871CD

analogous

#CD4938 #CD9438 #BBCD38

triadic

#CD9438 #38CD94 #9438CD

tetradic

#CD9438 #38CD49 #3871CD #CD38BB

square

#CD9438 #38CD49 #3871CD #CD38BB

split-complementary

#CD9438 #38BBCD #4938CD

monochromatic

#6F4F1C #A07228 #CD9438 #D9AE69 #E6C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CD9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#CD9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9438

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9438	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b374',
    500: '#cd9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9438;
$custom-light: #e1b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9438

secondary

#8FA9D1

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9438

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

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