#CD9B39#CD9B39

#CD9B39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B39
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 9.13, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 56.91, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0204 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.127 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6391, 36.7200, 8.9754)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B39 #396BCD

analogous

#CD5139 #CD9B39 #B5CD39

triadic

#CD9B39 #39CD9B #9B39CD

tetradic

#CD9B39 #39CD51 #396BCD #CD39B5

square

#CD9B39 #39CD51 #396BCD #CD39B5

split-complementary

#CD9B39 #39B5CD #5139CD

monochromatic

#6F531C #A07828 #CD9B39 #D9B46A #E6CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B39

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B39	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)

#AF9C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b875',
    500: '#cd9b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b39;
$custom-light: #e1b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71946,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B39

secondary

#90A6D2

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B39

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

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