#CD9637#CD9637

#CD9637 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9637
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 11.74, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 56.97, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0278 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.127 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7752, 35.0706, 8.4461)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9637 #376ECD

analogous

#CD4B37 #CD9637 #B9CD37

triadic

#CD9637 #37CD96 #9637CD

tetradic

#CD9637 #37CD4B #376ECD #CD37B9

square

#CD9637 #37CD4B #376ECD #CD37B9

split-complementary

#CD9637 #37B9CD #4B37CD

monochromatic

#6E501C #9F7328 #CD9637 #D9B068 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CD9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CD9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9637

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9637	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b473',
    500: '#cd9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9637;
$custom-light: #e1b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9637

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9637

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

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