#CD9A40#CD9A40

#CD9A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.122 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A40
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 10.03, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 53.88, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.024 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.122 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6602, 36.4633, 9.9041)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A40 #4073CD

analogous

#CD5440 #CD9A40 #B9CD40

triadic

#CD9A40 #40CD9A #9A40CD

tetradic

#CD9A40 #40CD54 #4073CD #CD40B9

square

#CD9A40 #40CD54 #4073CD #CD40B9

split-complementary

#CD9A40 #40B9CD #5440CD

monochromatic

#74551E #A5792B #CD9A40 #DAB471 #E6CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A40

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A40	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.122 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b779',
    500: '#cd9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a40;
$custom-light: #e0b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71812,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A40

secondary

#96ACD3

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A40

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

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