#CD9642#CD9642

#CD9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9642
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 12.31, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 52.45, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0309 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.12 75)
XYZ	xyz(37.0689, 35.1880, 9.9928)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9642 #4279CD

analogous

#CD5042 #CD9642 #BECD42

triadic

#CD9642 #42CD96 #9642CD

tetradic

#CD9642 #42CD50 #4279CD #CD42BE

square

#CD9642 #42CD50 #4279CD #CD42BE

split-complementary

#CD9642 #42BECD #5042CD

monochromatic

#76531F #A6762C #CD9642 #DAB172 #E7CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CD9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#CD9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9642

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9642	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47a',
    500: '#cd9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9642;
$custom-light: #e0b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71052,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.35185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9642

secondary

#97AFD3

accent

#84E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9642

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

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