#CD9C34#CD9C34

#CD9C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C34
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 8.36, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 59.02, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0176 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.13 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6876, 37.0068, 8.4062)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C34 #3465CD

analogous

#CD4F34 #CD9C34 #B2CD34

triadic

#CD9C34 #34CD9C #9C34CD

tetradic

#CD9C34 #34CD4F #3465CD #CD34B2

square

#CD9C34 #34CD4F #3465CD #CD34B2

split-complementary

#CD9C34 #34B2CD #4F34CD

monochromatic

#6C521B #9D7727 #CD9C34 #D9B465 #E5CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C34

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C34	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b872',
    500: '#cd9c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c34;
$custom-light: #e1b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C34

secondary

#8CA2D1

accent

#77E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C34

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

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