#CD9D30#CD9D30

#CD9D30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D30
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 76.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, 7.65, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 60.67, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0151 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.133 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7698, 37.3092, 8.0078)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D30 #3060CD

analogous

#CD4F30 #CD9D30 #AFCD30

triadic

#CD9D30 #30CD9D #9D30CD

tetradic

#CD9D30 #30CD4F #3060CD #CD30AF

square

#CD9D30 #30CD4F #3060CD #CD30AF

split-complementary

#CD9D30 #30AFCD #4F30CD

monochromatic

#6A5119 #9B7724 #CD9D30 #DAB560 #E5CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D30

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D30	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)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b970',
    500: '#cd9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d30;
$custom-light: #e1b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 62.055,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72273,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D30

secondary

#899ED0

accent

#74E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D30

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

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