#CD9C42#CD9C42

#CD9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C42
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 9.06, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 53.36, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0214 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.121 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0510, 37.1521, 10.3202)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C42 #4273CD

analogous

#CD5642 #CD9C42 #B8CD42

triadic

#CD9C42 #42CD9C #9C42CD

tetradic

#CD9C42 #42CD56 #4273CD #CD42B8

square

#CD9C42 #42CD56 #4273CD #CD42B8

split-complementary

#CD9C42 #42B8CD #5642CD

monochromatic

#76571F #A67B2C #CD9C42 #DAB572 #E7CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C42

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C42	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)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97a',
    500: '#cd9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c42;
$custom-light: #e0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C42

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#7DE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C42

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

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