#CD9540#CD9540

#CD9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9540
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 12.74, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 53.17, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0319 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.121 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8521, 34.8471, 9.6347)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9540 #4078CD

analogous

#CD4E40 #CD9540 #BFCD40

triadic

#CD9540 #40CD95 #9540CD

tetradic

#CD9540 #40CD4E #4078CD #CD40BF

square

#CD9540 #40CD4E #4078CD #CD40BF

split-complementary

#CD9540 #40BFCD #4E40CD

monochromatic

#74521E #A5742B #CD9540 #DAB071 #E6CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CD9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#CD9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9540

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9540	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b479',
    500: '#cd9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9540;
$custom-light: #e1b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9540

secondary

#96AED3

accent

#84E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9540

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

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