#CD9C41#CD9C41

#CD9C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C41
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 9.01, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 53.79, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0211 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.122 80)
XYZ	xyz(38.0218, 37.1405, 10.1663)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C41 #4172CD

analogous

#CD5641 #CD9C41 #B8CD41

triadic

#CD9C41 #41CD9C #9C41CD

tetradic

#CD9C41 #41CD56 #4172CD #CD41B8

square

#CD9C41 #41CD56 #4172CD #CD41B8

split-complementary

#CD9C41 #41B8CD #5641CD

monochromatic

#75571F #A57B2C #CD9C41 #DAB571 #E6CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C41

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C41	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97a',
    500: '#cd9c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c41;
$custom-light: #e0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.37138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C41

secondary

#97ACD3

accent

#7DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C41

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

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