#CD9C2F#CD9C2F

#CD9C2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C2F
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 77.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 8.15, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 60.86, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0164 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.133 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5809, 36.9641, 7.8442)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C2F #2F60CD

analogous

#CD4D2F #CD9C2F #AFCD2F

triadic

#CD9C2F #2FCD9C #9C2FCD

tetradic

#CD9C2F #2FCD4D #2F60CD #CD2FAF

square

#CD9C2F #2FCD4D #2F60CD #CD2FAF

split-complementary

#CD9C2F #2FAFCD #4D2FCD

monochromatic

#695018 #9B7624 #CD9C2F #DAB45F #E6CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C2F

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C2F	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b870',
    500: '#cd9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c2f;
$custom-light: #e1b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.392,
    "s": 62.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C2F

secondary

#879ED0

accent

#75E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C2F

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

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