#CD9838#CD9838

#CD9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9838
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 10.70, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 56.85, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0249 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.127 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1213, 35.7240, 8.6809)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9838 #386DCD

analogous

#CD4D38 #CD9838 #B7CD38

triadic

#CD9838 #38CD98 #9838CD

tetradic

#CD9838 #38CD4D #386DCD #CD38B7

square

#CD9838 #38CD4D #386DCD #CD38B7

split-complementary

#CD9838 #38B7CD #4D38CD

monochromatic

#6F511C #A07528 #CD9838 #D9B169 #E6CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CD9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9838

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9838	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)

#AD992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b674',
    500: '#cd9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9838;
$custom-light: #e1b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.658,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9838

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#7DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9838

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

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