#CD9D2F#CD9D2F

#CD9D2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D2F
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 77.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 7.61, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 61.03, 82.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0148 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.133 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7494, 37.3011, 7.9004)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D2F #2F5FCD

analogous

#CD4E2F #CD9D2F #AECD2F

triadic

#CD9D2F #2FCD9D #9D2FCD

tetradic

#CD9D2F #2FCD4E #2F5FCD #CD2FAE

square

#CD9D2F #2FCD4E #2F5FCD #CD2FAE

split-complementary

#CD9D2F #2FAECD #4E2FCD

monochromatic

#695118 #9B7724 #CD9D2F #DAB55F #E6CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D2F

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D2F	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)

#B19D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b970',
    500: '#cd9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d2f;
$custom-light: #e1b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 62.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D2F

secondary

#879ED0

accent

#74E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D2F

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

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