#CD9C3A#CD9C3A

#CD9C3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C3A
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 8.64, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 56.68, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0191 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.126 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8314, 37.0643, 9.1638)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C3A #3A6BCD

analogous

#CD533A #CD9C3A #B5CD3A

triadic

#CD9C3A #3ACD9C #9C3ACD

tetradic

#CD9C3A #3ACD53 #3A6BCD #CD3AB5

square

#CD9C3A #3ACD53 #3A6BCD #CD3AB5

split-complementary

#CD9C3A #3AB5CD #533ACD

monochromatic

#70541C #A17929 #CD9C3A #D9B56B #E6CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD9C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C3A

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C3A	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)

#B09D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b976',
    500: '#cd9c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c3a;
$custom-light: #e1b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C3A

secondary

#91A7D2

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C3A

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

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