#CD9942#CD9942

#CD9942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9942
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 10.69, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 52.88, 78.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% 0.0261 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.12 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5538, 36.1577, 10.1544)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9942 #4276CD

analogous

#CD5342 #CD9942 #BBCD42

triadic

#CD9942 #42CD99 #9942CD

tetradic

#CD9942 #42CD53 #4276CD #CD42BB

square

#CD9942 #42CD53 #4276CD #CD42BB

split-complementary

#CD9942 #42BBCD #5342CD

monochromatic

#76551F #A6782C #CD9942 #DAB372 #E7CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CD9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9942

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9942	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67a',
    500: '#cd9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9942;
$custom-light: #e0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71635,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9942

secondary

#97AED3

accent

#80E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9942

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

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