#CD9837#CD9837

#CD9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9837
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 10.66, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 57.24, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0246 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.127 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0971, 35.7143, 8.5534)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9837 #376CCD

analogous

#CD4D37 #CD9837 #B7CD37

triadic

#CD9837 #37CD98 #9837CD

tetradic

#CD9837 #37CD4D #376CCD #CD37B7

square

#CD9837 #37CD4D #376CCD #CD37B7

split-complementary

#CD9837 #37B7CD #4D37CD

monochromatic

#6E511C #9F7528 #CD9837 #D9B168 #E5CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CD9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9837

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9837	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)

#AD992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b674',
    500: '#cd9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9837;
$custom-light: #e1b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9837

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9837

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

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