#CD9938#CD9938

#CD9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9938
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 10.16, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 57.00, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0233 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.127 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2843, 36.0500, 8.7352)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9938 #386CCD

analogous

#CD4E38 #CD9938 #B6CD38

triadic

#CD9938 #38CD99 #9938CD

tetradic

#CD9938 #38CD4E #386CCD #CD38B6

square

#CD9938 #38CD4E #386CCD #CD38B6

split-complementary

#CD9938 #38B6CD #4E38CD

monochromatic

#6F521C #A07628 #CD9938 #D9B269 #E6CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9938

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9938	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b674',
    500: '#cd9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9938;
$custom-light: #e1b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71545,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9938

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9938

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

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