#CD973A#CD973A

#CD973A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD973A
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 11.34, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 55.91, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.027 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.125 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0096, 35.4207, 8.8898)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD973A #3A70CD

analogous

#CD4E3A #CD973A #BACD3A

triadic

#CD973A #3ACD97 #973ACD

tetradic

#CD973A #3ACD4E #3A70CD #CD3ABA

square

#CD973A #3ACD4E #3A70CD #CD3ABA

split-complementary

#CD973A #3ABACD #4E3ACD

monochromatic

#70511C #A17529 #CD973A #D9B16B #E6CB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD973A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#CD973A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD973A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD973A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD973A	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)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd973a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b575',
    500: '#cd973a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd973a;
$custom-light: #e1b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd973a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD973A

secondary

#91A9D2

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD973A

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

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