#CD9D36#CD9D36

#CD9D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D36
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 7.91, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 58.43, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0165 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.129 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9021, 37.3622, 8.7047)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D36 #3666CD

analogous

#CD5136 #CD9D36 #B1CD36

triadic

#CD9D36 #36CD9D #9D36CD

tetradic

#CD9D36 #36CD51 #3666CD #CD36B1

square

#CD9D36 #36CD51 #3666CD #CD36B1

split-complementary

#CD9D36 #36B1CD #5136CD

monochromatic

#6D531B #9E7927 #CD9D36 #D9B567 #E5CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D36

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D36	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b974',
    500: '#cd9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d36;
$custom-light: #e1b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.927,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D36

secondary

#8EA3D1

accent

#77E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D36

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

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