#CD9C43#CD9C43

#CD9C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.120 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C43
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 67)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 9.12, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 52.94, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0217 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.12 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0807, 37.1640, 10.4768)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C43 #4374CD

analogous

#CD5743 #CD9C43 #B9CD43

triadic

#CD9C43 #43CD9C #9C43CD

tetradic

#CD9C43 #43CD57 #4374CD #CD43B9

square

#CD9C43 #43CD57 #4374CD #CD43B9

split-complementary

#CD9C43 #43B9CD #5743CD

monochromatic

#76571F #A77B2C #CD9C43 #DAB573 #E7CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C43

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C43	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)

#AF9D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.120 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97b',
    500: '#cd9c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c43;
$custom-light: #e0b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C43

secondary

#98ADD4

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C43

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

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