#CD9A37#CD9A37

#CD9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.128 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A37
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 9.57, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 57.54, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0215 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.128 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4245, 36.3690, 8.6625)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A37 #376ACD

analogous

#CD4F37 #CD9A37 #B5CD37

triadic

#CD9A37 #37CD9A #9A37CD

tetradic

#CD9A37 #37CD4F #376ACD #CD37B5

square

#CD9A37 #37CD4F #376ACD #CD37B5

split-complementary

#CD9A37 #37B5CD #4F37CD

monochromatic

#6E521C #9F7628 #CD9A37 #D9B368 #E5CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A37

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.128 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b774',
    500: '#cd9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a37;
$custom-light: #e1b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71733,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A37

secondary

#8FA5D1

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A37

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

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