#CD9941#CD9941

#CD9941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9941
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 10.63, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 53.30, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0258 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.121 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5246, 36.1461, 10.0005)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9941 #4175CD

analogous

#CD5341 #CD9941 #BBCD41

triadic

#CD9941 #41CD99 #9941CD

tetradic

#CD9941 #41CD53 #4175CD #CD41BB

square

#CD9941 #41CD53 #4175CD #CD41BB

split-complementary

#CD9941 #41BBCD #5341CD

monochromatic

#75551F #A5782C #CD9941 #DAB371 #E6CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CD9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9941

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9941	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)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67a',
    500: '#cd9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9941;
$custom-light: #e0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71626,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9941

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9941

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

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