#CD9B36#CD9B36

#CD9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B36
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 8.99, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 58.09, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0196 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.129 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5665, 36.6910, 8.5928)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B36 #3668CD

analogous

#CD4F36 #CD9B36 #B4CD36

triadic

#CD9B36 #36CD9B #9B36CD

tetradic

#CD9B36 #36CD4F #3668CD #CD36B4

square

#CD9B36 #36CD4F #3668CD #CD36B4

split-complementary

#CD9B36 #36B4CD #4F36CD

monochromatic

#6D521B #9E7727 #CD9B36 #D9B367 #E5CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B36

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B36	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b873',
    500: '#cd9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b36;
$custom-light: #e1b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.132,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71921,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B36

secondary

#8EA4D1

accent

#79E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B36

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

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