#CD9635#CD9635

#CD9635 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9635
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 11.65, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 57.75, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0272 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.128 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7283, 35.0518, 8.1987)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9635 #356CCD

analogous

#CD4A35 #CD9635 #B8CD35

triadic

#CD9635 #35CD96 #9635CD

tetradic

#CD9635 #35CD4A #356CCD #CD35B8

square

#CD9635 #35CD4A #356CCD #CD35B8

split-complementary

#CD9635 #35B8CD #4A35CD

monochromatic

#6D4F1B #9E7327 #CD9635 #D9AF66 #E5C997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CD9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CD9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9635

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9635	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b472',
    500: '#cd9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9635;
$custom-light: #e1b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.289,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9635

secondary

#8DA6D1

accent

#7EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9635

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

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