#CD9842#CD9842

#CD9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9842
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 11.23, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 52.73, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0277 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.12 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3908, 35.8318, 10.1001)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9842 #4277CD

analogous

#CD5242 #CD9842 #BDCD42

triadic

#CD9842 #42CD98 #9842CD

tetradic

#CD9842 #42CD52 #4277CD #CD42BD

square

#CD9842 #42CD52 #4277CD #CD42BD

split-complementary

#CD9842 #42BDCD #5242CD

monochromatic

#76551F #A6772C #CD9842 #DAB272 #E7CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CD9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9842

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9842	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67a',
    500: '#cd9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9842;
$custom-light: #e0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.122,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9842

secondary

#97AED3

accent

#82E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9842

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

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