#CD9742#CD9742

#CD9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9742
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 11.77, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 52.59, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0293 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.12 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2292, 35.5085, 10.0462)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9742 #4278CD

analogous

#CD5142 #CD9742 #BDCD42

triadic

#CD9742 #42CD97 #9742CD

tetradic

#CD9742 #42CD51 #4278CD #CD42BD

square

#CD9742 #42CD51 #4278CD #CD42BD

split-complementary

#CD9742 #42BDCD #5142CD

monochromatic

#76541F #A6772C #CD9742 #DAB272 #E7CCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CD9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CD9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9742

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9742	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b57a',
    500: '#cd9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9742;
$custom-light: #e0b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71246,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9742

secondary

#97AFD3

accent

#83E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9742

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

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