#CD993E#CD993E

#CD993E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.123 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD993E
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 10.47, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 54.56, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.025 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.123 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4400, 36.1122, 9.5549)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD993E #3E72CD

analogous

#CD523E #CD993E #B9CD3E

triadic

#CD993E #3ECD99 #993ECD

tetradic

#CD993E #3ECD52 #3E72CD #CD3EB9

square

#CD993E #3ECD52 #3E72CD #CD3EB9

split-complementary

#CD993E #3EB9CD #523ECD

monochromatic

#73541E #A3772A #CD993E #DAB36F #E6CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CD993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD993E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD993E	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)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.123 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b678',
    500: '#cd993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd993e;
$custom-light: #e1b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD993E

secondary

#94ABD3

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD993E

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

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