#CD9A3B#CD9A3B

#CD9A3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.125 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A3B
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 9.77, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 55.95, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0225 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.125 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5243, 36.4089, 9.1881)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A3B #3B6ECD

analogous

#CD513B #CD9A3B #B7CD3B

triadic

#CD9A3B #3BCD9A #9A3BCD

tetradic

#CD9A3B #3BCD51 #3B6ECD #CD3BB7

square

#CD9A3B #3BCD51 #3B6ECD #CD3BB7

split-complementary

#CD9A3B #3BB7CD #513BCD

monochromatic

#71531D #A27829 #CD9A3B #D9B36C #E6CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#CD9A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A3B

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A3B	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)

#AE9B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.125 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b776',
    500: '#cd9a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a3b;
$custom-light: #e1b776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.041,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A3B

secondary

#92A8D2

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A3B

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

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