#CD962C#CD962C

#CD962C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD962C
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 11.28, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 61.06, 79.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0251 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.133 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5404, 34.9766, 7.2090)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD962C #2C63CD

analogous

#CD462C #CD962C #B4CD2C

triadic

#CD962C #2CCD96 #962CCD

tetradic

#CD962C #2CCD46 #2C63CD #CD2CB4

square

#CD962C #2CCD46 #2C63CD #CD2CB4

split-complementary

#CD962C #2CB4CD #462CCD

monochromatic

#684C16 #9B7121 #CD962C #DCB05B #E7C88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CD962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CD962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD962C

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD962C	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b46e',
    500: '#cd962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd962c;
$custom-light: #e1b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD962C

secondary

#849ED1

accent

#79E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD962C

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

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