#CD9937#CD9937

#CD9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9937
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 10.11, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 57.39, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.023 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.127 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2601, 36.0403, 8.6077)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9937 #376BCD

analogous

#CD4E37 #CD9937 #B6CD37

triadic

#CD9937 #37CD99 #9937CD

tetradic

#CD9937 #37CD4E #376BCD #CD37B6

square

#CD9937 #37CD4E #376BCD #CD37B6

split-complementary

#CD9937 #37B6CD #4E37CD

monochromatic

#6E511C #9F7628 #CD9937 #D9B268 #E5CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9937

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9937	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b674',
    500: '#cd9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9937;
$custom-light: #e1b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9937

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9937

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

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