#CD9940#CD9940

#CD9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.122 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9940
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 10.57, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 53.72, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0255 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.122 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4958, 36.1346, 9.8493)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9940 #4074CD

analogous

#CD5240 #CD9940 #BBCD40

triadic

#CD9940 #40CD99 #9940CD

tetradic

#CD9940 #40CD52 #4074CD #CD40BB

square

#CD9940 #40CD52 #4074CD #CD40BB

split-complementary

#CD9940 #40BBCD #5240CD

monochromatic

#74551E #A5782B #CD9940 #DAB371 #E6CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CD9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9940

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9940	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.122 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b679',
    500: '#cd9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9940;
$custom-light: #e0b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71616,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9940

secondary

#96ACD3

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9940

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

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