#CD9537#CD9537

#CD9537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9537
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 12.28, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 56.84, 77.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0293 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.127 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6164, 34.7528, 8.3931)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9537 #376FCD

analogous

#CD4A37 #CD9537 #BACD37

triadic

#CD9537 #37CD95 #9537CD

tetradic

#CD9537 #37CD4A #376FCD #CD37BA

square

#CD9537 #37CD4A #376FCD #CD37BA

split-complementary

#CD9537 #37BACD #4A37CD

monochromatic

#6E4F1C #9F7328 #CD9537 #D9AF68 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CD9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CD9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9537

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9537	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b473',
    500: '#cd9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9537;
$custom-light: #e1b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70758,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9537

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9537

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

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