#CD973C#CD973C

#CD973C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD973C
RGBrgb(205, 151, 60)
HSLhsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(38, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.09, 11.44, 53.89)
CIE-LCHlch(66.09, 55.09, 78.01°)
OKLaboklab(71.19% 0.0275 0.1208)
OKLCHoklch(71.19% 0.124 77.2)
XYZxyz(37.0615, 35.4415, 9.1630)
Luminance0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD973C #3C72CD
analogous
#CD4F3C #CD973C #BBCD3C
triadic
#CD973C #3CCD97 #973CCD
tetradic
#CD973C #3CCD4F #3C72CD #CD3CBB
square
#CD973C #3CCD4F #3C72CD #CD3CBB
split-complementary
#CD973C #3CBBCD #4F3CCD
monochromatic
#71521D #A2752A #CD973C #D9B16D #E6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#CD973C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09
#CD973C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD973C
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD973C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD973C1.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB9931
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A63F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DF8884
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 77.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b576',
    500: '#cd973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd973c;
$custom-light: #e1b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD973C
secondary
#93AAD2
accent
#80E245
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#CD973C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva