#CD9542#CD9542

#CD9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9542
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 12.86, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 52.32, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0325 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.12 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9100, 34.8703, 9.9399)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9542 #427ACD

analogous

#CD4F42 #CD9542 #C0CD42

triadic

#CD9542 #42CD95 #9542CD

tetradic

#CD9542 #42CD4F #427ACD #CD42C0

square

#CD9542 #42CD4F #427ACD #CD42C0

split-complementary

#CD9542 #42C0CD #4F42CD

monochromatic

#76531F #A6752C #CD9542 #DAB072 #E7CBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#CD9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9542

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9542	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47a',
    500: '#cd9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9542;
$custom-light: #e0b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70859,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9542

secondary

#97B0D3

accent

#85E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9542

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

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