#CD9C3E#CD9C3E

#CD9C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C3E
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 8.84, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 55.05, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0202 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.124 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9372, 37.1066, 9.7207)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C3E #3E6FCD

analogous

#CD553E #CD9C3E #B6CD3E

triadic

#CD9C3E #3ECD9C #9C3ECD

tetradic

#CD9C3E #3ECD55 #3E6FCD #CD3EB6

square

#CD9C3E #3ECD55 #3E6FCD #CD3EB6

split-complementary

#CD9C3E #3EB6CD #553ECD

monochromatic

#73561E #A37A2A #CD9C3E #DAB56F #E6CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C3E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C3E	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b978',
    500: '#cd9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c3e;
$custom-light: #e0b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C3E

secondary

#94AAD3

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C3E

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

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