#CD9840#CD9840

#CD9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9840
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 11.12, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 53.57, 78.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0271 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.121 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3329, 35.8086, 9.7950)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9840 #4075CD

analogous

#CD5240 #CD9840 #BBCD40

triadic

#CD9840 #40CD98 #9840CD

tetradic

#CD9840 #40CD52 #4075CD #CD40BB

square

#CD9840 #40CD52 #4075CD #CD40BB

split-complementary

#CD9840 #40BBCD #5240CD

monochromatic

#74541E #A5772B #CD9840 #DAB271 #E6CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CD9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9840

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9840	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b679',
    500: '#cd9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9840;
$custom-light: #e0b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71421,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9840

secondary

#96ADD3

accent

#81E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9840

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

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