#CD993B#CD993B

#CD993B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD993B
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 10.31, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 55.79, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0241 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.125 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3599, 36.0802, 9.1333)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD993B #3B6FCD

analogous

#CD503B #CD993B #B8CD3B

triadic

#CD993B #3BCD99 #993BCD

tetradic

#CD993B #3BCD50 #3B6FCD #CD3BB8

square

#CD993B #3BCD50 #3B6FCD #CD3BB8

split-complementary

#CD993B #3BB8CD #503BCD

monochromatic

#71531D #A27729 #CD993B #D9B26C #E6CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD993B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD993B	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b676',
    500: '#cd993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd993b;
$custom-light: #e1b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD993B

secondary

#92A9D2

accent

#7DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD993B

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

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