#CD9740#CD9740

#CD9740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9740
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 11.66, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 53.43, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0287 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.121 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1712, 35.4854, 9.7411)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9740 #4076CD

analogous

#CD5040 #CD9740 #BDCD40

triadic

#CD9740 #40CD97 #9740CD

tetradic

#CD9740 #40CD50 #4076CD #CD40BD

square

#CD9740 #40CD50 #4076CD #CD40BD

split-complementary

#CD9740 #40BDCD #5040CD

monochromatic

#74531E #A5762B #CD9740 #DAB171 #E6CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CD9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CD9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9740

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9740	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b579',
    500: '#cd9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9740;
$custom-light: #e1b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9740

secondary

#96ADD3

accent

#82E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9740

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

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