#CD9C30#CD9C30

#CD9C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C30
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 76.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 8.19, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 60.50, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0166 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.132 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6013, 36.9723, 7.9517)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C30 #3061CD

analogous

#CD4E30 #CD9C30 #AFCD30

triadic

#CD9C30 #30CD9C #9C30CD

tetradic

#CD9C30 #30CD4E #3061CD #CD30AF

square

#CD9C30 #30CD4E #3061CD #CD30AF

split-complementary

#CD9C30 #30AFCD #4E30CD

monochromatic

#6A5119 #9B7624 #CD9C30 #DAB460 #E5CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C30

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C30	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)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b870',
    500: '#cd9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c30;
$custom-light: #e1b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.274,
    "s": 62.055,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C30

secondary

#899FD0

accent

#75E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C30

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

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