#CD9638#CD9638

#CD9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9638
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 11.79, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 56.57, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.028 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7995, 35.0802, 8.5736)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9638 #386FCD

analogous

#CD4B38 #CD9638 #B9CD38

triadic

#CD9638 #38CD96 #9638CD

tetradic

#CD9638 #38CD4B #386FCD #CD38B9

square

#CD9638 #38CD4B #386FCD #CD38B9

split-complementary

#CD9638 #38B9CD #4B38CD

monochromatic

#6F501C #A07428 #CD9638 #D9B069 #E6CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CD9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#CD9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9638

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9638	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b474',
    500: '#cd9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9638;
$custom-light: #e1b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7096,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9638

secondary

#8FA8D1

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9638

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

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