#CD9C39#CD9C39

#CD9C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C39
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 8.59, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 57.08, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0189 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.127 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8062, 37.0542, 9.0311)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C39 #396ACD

analogous

#CD5239 #CD9C39 #B4CD39

triadic

#CD9C39 #39CD9C #9C39CD

tetradic

#CD9C39 #39CD52 #396ACD #CD39B4

square

#CD9C39 #39CD52 #396ACD #CD39B4

split-complementary

#CD9C39 #39B4CD #5239CD

monochromatic

#6F541C #A07928 #CD9C39 #D9B46A #E6CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C39

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C39	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#cd9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c39;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C39

secondary

#90A6D2

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C39

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

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