#CD9640#CD9640

#CD9640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9640
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 12.20, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 53.30, 76.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0303 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.121 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0110, 35.1649, 9.6877)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9640 #4077CD

analogous

#CD5040 #CD9640 #BDCD40

triadic

#CD9640 #40CD96 #9640CD

tetradic

#CD9640 #40CD50 #4077CD #CD40BD

square

#CD9640 #40CD50 #4077CD #CD40BD

split-complementary

#CD9640 #40BDCD #5040CD

monochromatic

#74531E #A5752B #CD9640 #DAB171 #E6CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CD9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CD9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9640

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9640	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b479',
    500: '#cd9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9640;
$custom-light: #e1b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.596,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9640

secondary

#96AED3

accent

#83E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9640

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

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