#CD9A38#CD9A38

#CD9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A38
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 9.62, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 57.15, 80.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0217 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.127 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4487, 36.3787, 8.7900)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A38 #386BCD

analogous

#CD4F38 #CD9A38 #B5CD38

triadic

#CD9A38 #38CD9A #9A38CD

tetradic

#CD9A38 #38CD4F #386BCD #CD38B5

square

#CD9A38 #38CD4F #386BCD #CD38B5

split-complementary

#CD9A38 #38B5CD #4F38CD

monochromatic

#6F521C #A07728 #CD9A38 #D9B369 #E6CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CD9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A38

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A38	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b774',
    500: '#cd9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a38;
$custom-light: #e1b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.463,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A38

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A38

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

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