#CD983B#CD983B

#CD983B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD983B
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 10.85, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 55.64, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0257 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.125 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1969, 35.7542, 9.0790)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD983B #3B70CD

analogous

#CD4F3B #CD983B #B9CD3B

triadic

#CD983B #3BCD98 #983BCD

tetradic

#CD983B #3BCD4F #3B70CD #CD3BB9

square

#CD983B #3BCD4F #3B70CD #CD3BB9

split-complementary

#CD983B #3BB9CD #4F3BCD

monochromatic

#71521D #A27629 #CD983B #D9B26C #E6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CD983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD983B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD983B	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b676',
    500: '#cd983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd983b;
$custom-light: #e1b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD983B

secondary

#92A9D2

accent

#7EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD983B

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

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