#CD9738#CD9738

#CD9738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9738
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 11.25, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 56.71, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0265 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.126 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9597, 35.4007, 8.6270)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9738 #386ECD

analogous

#CD4C38 #CD9738 #B8CD38

triadic

#CD9738 #38CD97 #9738CD

tetradic

#CD9738 #38CD4C #386ECD #CD38B8

square

#CD9738 #38CD4C #386ECD #CD38B8

split-complementary

#CD9738 #38B8CD #4C38CD

monochromatic

#6F511C #A07428 #CD9738 #D9B169 #E6CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CD9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9738

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9738	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b574',
    500: '#cd9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9738;
$custom-light: #e1b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9738

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#7EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9738

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

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