#CD9936#CD9936

#CD9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9936
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 10.07, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 57.78, 79.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0228 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.128 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2364, 36.0308, 8.4828)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9936 #366ACD

analogous

#CD4D36 #CD9936 #B5CD36

triadic

#CD9936 #36CD99 #9936CD

tetradic

#CD9936 #36CD4D #366ACD #CD36B5

square

#CD9936 #36CD4D #366ACD #CD36B5

split-complementary

#CD9936 #36B5CD #4D36CD

monochromatic

#6D511B #9E7527 #CD9936 #D9B267 #E5CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9936

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9936	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b673',
    500: '#cd9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9936;
$custom-light: #e1b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9936

secondary

#8EA5D1

accent

#7BE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9936

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

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