#CD9536#CD9536

#CD9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9536
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 12.24, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 57.23, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0291 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.127 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5926, 34.7433, 8.2682)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9536 #366ECD

analogous

#CD4936 #CD9536 #BACD36

triadic

#CD9536 #36CD95 #9536CD

tetradic

#CD9536 #36CD49 #366ECD #CD36BA

square

#CD9536 #36CD49 #366ECD #CD36BA

split-complementary

#CD9536 #36BACD #4936CD

monochromatic

#6D4F1B #9E7227 #CD9536 #D9AF67 #E5C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CD9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CD9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9536

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9536	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b473',
    500: '#cd9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9536;
$custom-light: #e1b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9536

secondary

#8EA7D1

accent

#7FE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9536

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

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