#CD9B2C#CD9B2C

#CD9B2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B2C
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 8.57, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 61.75, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0173 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.134 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3553, 36.6065, 7.4807)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B2C #2C5ECD

analogous

#CD4A2C #CD9B2C #AFCD2C

triadic

#CD9B2C #2CCD9B #9B2CCD

tetradic

#CD9B2C #2CCD4A #2C5ECD #CD2CAF

square

#CD9B2C #2CCD4A #2C5ECD #CD2CAF

split-complementary

#CD9B2C #2CAFCD #4A2CCD

monochromatic

#684F16 #9B7521 #CD9B2C #DCB45B #E7CB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CD9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B2C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B2C	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b86e',
    500: '#cd9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b2c;
$custom-light: #e1b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.366,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B2C

secondary

#849CD1

accent

#74E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B2C

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

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