#CD993D#CD993D

#CD993D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.124 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD993D
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 10.41, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 54.97, 79.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0247 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.124 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4128, 36.1013, 9.4118)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD993D #3D71CD

analogous

#CD513D #CD993D #B9CD3D

triadic

#CD993D #3DCD99 #993DCD

tetradic

#CD993D #3DCD51 #3D71CD #CD3DB9

square

#CD993D #3DCD51 #3D71CD #CD3DB9

split-complementary

#CD993D #3DB9CD #513DCD

monochromatic

#72541D #A3772A #CD993D #DAB36E #E6CC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD993D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD993D	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AD9A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.124 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b677',
    500: '#cd993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd993d;
$custom-light: #e1b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD993D

secondary

#93AAD2

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD993D

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

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