#CD9538#CD9538

#CD9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9538
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 12.33, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 56.44, 77.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0296 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.126 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6406, 34.7625, 8.5207)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9538 #3870CD

analogous

#CD4A38 #CD9538 #BACD38

triadic

#CD9538 #38CD95 #9538CD

tetradic

#CD9538 #38CD4A #3870CD #CD38BA

square

#CD9538 #38CD4A #3870CD #CD38BA

split-complementary

#CD9538 #38BACD #4A38CD

monochromatic

#6F501C #A07328 #CD9538 #D9AF69 #E6C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CD9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CD9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9538

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9538	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)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b474',
    500: '#cd9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9538;
$custom-light: #e1b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70766,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9538

secondary

#8FA8D1

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9538

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

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