#CD9C36#CD9C36

#CD9C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C36
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 8.45, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 58.26, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0181 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.129 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7336, 37.0252, 8.6485)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C36 #3667CD

analogous

#CD5036 #CD9C36 #B2CD36

triadic

#CD9C36 #36CD9C #9C36CD

tetradic

#CD9C36 #36CD50 #3667CD #CD36B2

square

#CD9C36 #36CD50 #3667CD #CD36B2

split-complementary

#CD9C36 #36B2CD #5036CD

monochromatic

#6D531B #9E7827 #CD9C36 #D9B467 #E5CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C36

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C36	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)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b873',
    500: '#cd9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c36;
$custom-light: #e1b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.53,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C36

secondary

#8EA4D1

accent

#78E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C36

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

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