#CD9B37#CD9B37

#CD9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B37
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 9.03, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 57.70, 80.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% 0.0199 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.128 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5902, 36.7004, 8.7178)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B37 #3769CD

analogous

#CD5037 #CD9B37 #B4CD37

triadic

#CD9B37 #37CD9B #9B37CD

tetradic

#CD9B37 #37CD50 #3769CD #CD37B4

square

#CD9B37 #37CD50 #3769CD #CD37B4

split-complementary

#CD9B37 #37B4CD #5037CD

monochromatic

#6E531C #9F7728 #CD9B37 #D9B368 #E5CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B37

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B37	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)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b874',
    500: '#cd9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b37;
$custom-light: #e1b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B37

secondary

#8FA5D1

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B37

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

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