#CD9B38#CD9B38

#CD9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B38
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 9.08, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 57.31, 80.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0202 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.127 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6144, 36.7101, 8.8453)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B38 #386ACD

analogous

#CD5038 #CD9B38 #B4CD38

triadic

#CD9B38 #38CD9B #9B38CD

tetradic

#CD9B38 #38CD50 #386ACD #CD38B4

square

#CD9B38 #38CD50 #386ACD #CD38B4

split-complementary

#CD9B38 #38B4CD #5038CD

monochromatic

#6F531C #A07828 #CD9B38 #D9B469 #E6CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B38

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B38	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)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b874',
    500: '#cd9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b38;
$custom-light: #e1b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B38

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B38

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

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