#CD973B#CD973B

#CD973B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD973B
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 11.39, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 55.50, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0273 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.124 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0353, 35.4310, 9.0251)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD973B #3B71CD

analogous

#CD4E3B #CD973B #BACD3B

triadic

#CD973B #3BCD97 #973BCD

tetradic

#CD973B #3BCD4E #3B71CD #CD3BBA

square

#CD973B #3BCD4E #3B71CD #CD3BBA

split-complementary

#CD973B #3BBACD #4E3BCD

monochromatic

#71521D #A27529 #CD973B #D9B16C #E6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CD973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD973B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD973B	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b576',
    500: '#cd973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd973b;
$custom-light: #e1b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD973B

secondary

#92AAD2

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD973B

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

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