#CD9636#CD9636

#CD9636 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9636
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 11.69, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 57.36, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0275 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.127 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7515, 35.0611, 8.3212)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9636 #366DCD

analogous

#CD4A36 #CD9636 #B8CD36

triadic

#CD9636 #36CD96 #9636CD

tetradic

#CD9636 #36CD4A #366DCD #CD36B8

square

#CD9636 #36CD4A #366DCD #CD36B8

split-complementary

#CD9636 #36B8CD #4A36CD

monochromatic

#6D4F1B #9E7327 #CD9636 #D9B067 #E5C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CD9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CD9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9636

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9636	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b473',
    500: '#cd9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9636;
$custom-light: #e1b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9636

secondary

#8EA6D1

accent

#7EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9636

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

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