#CD9535#CD9535

#CD9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9535
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 12.19, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 57.62, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0288 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.128 77)
XYZ	xyz(36.5694, 34.7340, 8.1458)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9535 #356DCD

analogous

#CD4935 #CD9535 #B9CD35

triadic

#CD9535 #35CD95 #9535CD

tetradic

#CD9535 #35CD49 #356DCD #CD35B9

square

#CD9535 #35CD49 #356DCD #CD35B9

split-complementary

#CD9535 #35B9CD #4935CD

monochromatic

#6D4F1B #9E7227 #CD9535 #D9AF66 #E5C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CD9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CD9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9535

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9535	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b472',
    500: '#cd9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9535;
$custom-light: #e1b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.34731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9535

secondary

#8DA6D1

accent

#7FE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9535

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

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