#CD9440#CD9440

#CD9440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.121 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9440
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 13.29, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 53.05, 75.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0335 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.121 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6946, 34.5320, 9.5822)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9440 #4079CD

analogous

#CD4E40 #CD9440 #BFCD40

triadic

#CD9440 #40CD94 #9440CD

tetradic

#CD9440 #40CD4E #4079CD #CD40BF

square

#CD9440 #40CD4E #4079CD #CD40BF

split-complementary

#CD9440 #40BFCD #4E40CD

monochromatic

#74521E #A5742B #CD9440 #DAAF71 #E6CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CD9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#CD9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9440

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9440	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.121 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b379',
    500: '#cd9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9440;
$custom-light: #e1b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9440

secondary

#96AFD3

accent

#85E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9440

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

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