#CD973D#CD973D

#CD973D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD973D
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 11.50, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 54.68, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0278 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.123 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0882, 35.4521, 9.3036)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD973D #3D73CD

analogous

#CD4F3D #CD973D #BBCD3D

triadic

#CD973D #3DCD97 #973DCD

tetradic

#CD973D #3DCD4F #3D73CD #CD3DBB

square

#CD973D #3DCD4F #3D73CD #CD3DBB

split-complementary

#CD973D #3DBBCD #4F3DCD

monochromatic

#72521D #A3762A #CD973D #DAB16E #E6CB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CD973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#CD973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD973D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD973D	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)

#AB9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b577',
    500: '#cd973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd973d;
$custom-light: #e1b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71198,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD973D

secondary

#93ABD2

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD973D

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

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