#CD9C3C#CD9C3C

#CD9C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C3C
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 8.74, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 55.87, 81.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0197 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.125 81)
XYZ	xyz(37.8833, 37.0851, 9.4369)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C3C #3C6DCD

analogous

#CD543C #CD9C3C #B6CD3C

triadic

#CD9C3C #3CCD9C #9C3CCD

tetradic

#CD9C3C #3CCD54 #3C6DCD #CD3CB6

square

#CD9C3C #3CCD54 #3C6DCD #CD3CB6

split-complementary

#CD9C3C #3CB6CD #543CCD

monochromatic

#71551D #A2792A #CD9C3C #D9B56D #E6CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C3C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C3C	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b977',
    500: '#cd9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c3c;
$custom-light: #e1b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C3C

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#7AE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C3C

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

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