#CD9A42#CD9A42

#CD9A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A42
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 10.14, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 53.03, 78.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0246 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.12 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7181, 36.4865, 10.2092)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A42 #4275CD

analogous

#CD5442 #CD9A42 #BACD42

triadic

#CD9A42 #42CD9A #9A42CD

tetradic

#CD9A42 #42CD54 #4275CD #CD42BA

square

#CD9A42 #42CD54 #4275CD #CD42BA

split-complementary

#CD9A42 #42BACD #5442CD

monochromatic

#76561F #A6792C #CD9A42 #DAB472 #E7CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CD9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A42

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A42	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b77a',
    500: '#cd9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a42;
$custom-light: #e0b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71831,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A42

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#7FE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A42

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

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