#CD9939#CD9939

#CD9939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9939
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 10.21, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 56.60, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0236 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.126 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3090, 36.0598, 8.8653)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9939 #396DCD

analogous

#CD4F39 #CD9939 #B7CD39

triadic

#CD9939 #39CD99 #9939CD

tetradic

#CD9939 #39CD4F #396DCD #CD39B7

square

#CD9939 #39CD4F #396DCD #CD39B7

split-complementary

#CD9939 #39B7CD #4F39CD

monochromatic

#6F521C #A07628 #CD9939 #D9B26A #E6CB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9939

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9939	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b675',
    500: '#cd9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9939;
$custom-light: #e1b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9939

secondary

#90A7D2

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9939

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

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