#CD9C40#CD9C40

#CD9C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C40
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 8.95, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 54.21, 80.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0208 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.122 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9930, 37.1290, 10.0150)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C40 #4071CD

analogous

#CD5540 #CD9C40 #B7CD40

triadic

#CD9C40 #40CD9C #9C40CD

tetradic

#CD9C40 #40CD55 #4071CD #CD40B7

square

#CD9C40 #40CD55 #4071CD #CD40B7

split-complementary

#CD9C40 #40B7CD #5540CD

monochromatic

#74561E #A57A2B #CD9C40 #DAB571 #E6CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C40

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C40	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b979',
    500: '#cd9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c40;
$custom-light: #e0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72204,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C40

secondary

#96ABD3

accent

#7CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C40

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

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