#CD9B40#CD9B40

#CD9B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B40
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 9.49, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 54.04, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0224 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.122 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8259, 36.7947, 9.9593)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B40 #4072CD

analogous

#CD5440 #CD9B40 #B9CD40

triadic

#CD9B40 #40CD9B #9B40CD

tetradic

#CD9B40 #40CD54 #4072CD #CD40B9

square

#CD9B40 #40CD54 #4072CD #CD40B9

split-complementary

#CD9B40 #40B9CD #5440CD

monochromatic

#74561E #A57A2B #CD9B40 #DAB471 #E6CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B40

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B40	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b879',
    500: '#cd9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b40;
$custom-light: #e0b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.723,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72008,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B40

secondary

#96ACD3

accent

#7DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B40

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

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