#CD9836#CD9836

#CD9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9836
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 10.61, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 57.63, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0244 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.128 79)
XYZ	xyz(37.0734, 35.7048, 8.4284)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9836 #366BCD

analogous

#CD4C36 #CD9836 #B7CD36

triadic

#CD9836 #36CD98 #9836CD

tetradic

#CD9836 #36CD4C #366BCD #CD36B7

square

#CD9836 #36CD4C #366BCD #CD36B7

split-complementary

#CD9836 #36B7CD #4C36CD

monochromatic

#6D511B #9E7527 #CD9836 #D9B167 #E5CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CD9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9836

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9836	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b673',
    500: '#cd9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9836;
$custom-light: #e1b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.35702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9836

secondary

#8EA5D1

accent

#7CE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9836

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

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