#CD9541#CD9541

#CD9541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9541
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 12.80, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 52.75, 75.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0322 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.12 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8808, 34.8586, 9.7859)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9541 #4179CD

analogous

#CD4F41 #CD9541 #BFCD41

triadic

#CD9541 #41CD95 #9541CD

tetradic

#CD9541 #41CD4F #4179CD #CD41BF

square

#CD9541 #41CD4F #4179CD #CD41BF

split-complementary

#CD9541 #41BFCD #4F41CD

monochromatic

#75521F #A5752C #CD9541 #DAB071 #E6CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#CD9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9541

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9541	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b479',
    500: '#cd9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9541;
$custom-light: #e1b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9541

secondary

#97AFD3

accent

#84E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9541

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

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