#CD983C#CD983C

#CD983C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD983C
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 10.90, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 55.24, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.026 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.124 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2231, 35.7647, 9.2169)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD983C #3C71CD

analogous

#CD503C #CD983C #BACD3C

triadic

#CD983C #3CCD98 #983CCD

tetradic

#CD983C #3CCD50 #3C71CD #CD3CBA

square

#CD983C #3CCD50 #3C71CD #CD3CBA

split-complementary

#CD983C #3CBACD #503CCD

monochromatic

#71531D #A2762A #CD983C #D9B26D #E6CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CD983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD983C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD983C	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)

#AC9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b677',
    500: '#cd983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd983c;
$custom-light: #e1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD983C

secondary

#93AAD2

accent

#7FE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD983C

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

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