#CD9D2D#CD9D2D

#CD9D2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D2D
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 7.53, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 61.73, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0144 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.134 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7099, 37.2853, 7.6928)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D2D #2D5DCD

analogous

#CD4D2D #CD9D2D #ADCD2D

triadic

#CD9D2D #2DCD9D #9D2DCD

tetradic

#CD9D2D #2DCD4D #2D5DCD #CD2DAD

square

#CD9D2D #2DCD4D #2D5DCD #CD2DAD

split-complementary

#CD9D2D #2DADCD #4D2DCD

monochromatic

#695017 #9B7722 #CD9D2D #DBB55C #E6CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D2D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D2D	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b96f',
    500: '#cd9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d2d;
$custom-light: #e1b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D2D

secondary

#859CD1

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D2D

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

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