#CD9B42#CD9B42

#CD9B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B42
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 9.60, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 53.20, 79.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.023 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.121 79)
XYZ	xyz(37.8839, 36.8179, 10.2645)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B42 #4274CD

analogous

#CD5542 #CD9B42 #BACD42

triadic

#CD9B42 #42CD9B #9B42CD

tetradic

#CD9B42 #42CD55 #4274CD #CD42BA

square

#CD9B42 #42CD55 #4274CD #CD42BA

split-complementary

#CD9B42 #42BACD #5542CD

monochromatic

#76561F #A67A2C #CD9B42 #DAB572 #E7CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B42

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B42	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)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b87a',
    500: '#cd9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b42;
$custom-light: #e0b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B42

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#7EE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B42

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

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