#CD9A36#CD9A36

#CD9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A36
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 9.53, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 57.93, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0212 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.128 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4007, 36.3595, 8.5376)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A36 #3669CD

analogous

#CD4E36 #CD9A36 #B4CD36

triadic

#CD9A36 #36CD9A #9A36CD

tetradic

#CD9A36 #36CD4E #3669CD #CD36B4

square

#CD9A36 #36CD4E #3669CD #CD36B4

split-complementary

#CD9A36 #36B4CD #4E36CD

monochromatic

#6D521B #9E7627 #CD9A36 #D9B367 #E5CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A36

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A36	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b773',
    500: '#cd9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a36;
$custom-light: #e1b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71725,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A36

secondary

#8EA5D1

accent

#7AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A36

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

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