#CD9D32#CD9D32

#CD9D32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D32
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 7.73, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 59.94, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0155 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.131 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8120, 37.3261, 8.2301)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D32 #3262CD

analogous

#CD4F32 #CD9D32 #B0CD32

triadic

#CD9D32 #32CD9D #9D32CD

tetradic

#CD9D32 #32CD4F #3262CD #CD32B0

square

#CD9D32 #32CD4F #3262CD #CD32B0

split-complementary

#CD9D32 #32B0CD #4F32CD

monochromatic

#6B521A #9C7726 #CD9D32 #D9B563 #E5CC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CD9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D32

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D32	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)

#B19D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b971',
    500: '#cd9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d32;
$custom-light: #e1b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D32

secondary

#8BA0D0

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D32

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

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