#CD9C3F#CD9C3F

#CD9C3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C3F
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 8.90, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 54.63, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0205 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.123 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9648, 37.1177, 9.8665)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C3F #3F70CD

analogous

#CD553F #CD9C3F #B7CD3F

triadic

#CD9C3F #3FCD9C #9C3FCD

tetradic

#CD9C3F #3FCD55 #3F70CD #CD3FB7

square

#CD9C3F #3FCD55 #3F70CD #CD3FB7

split-complementary

#CD9C3F #3FB7CD #553FCD

monochromatic

#74561E #A47A2B #CD9C3F #DAB570 #E6CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C3F

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C3F	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)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b979',
    500: '#cd9c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c3f;
$custom-light: #e0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72195,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C3F

secondary

#95AAD3

accent

#7CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C3F

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

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