#CD9D37#CD9D37

#CD9D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD9D37
RGBrgb(205, 157, 55)
HSLhsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.4%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.56, 7.95, 57.49)
CIE-LCHlch(67.56, 58.04, 82.13°)
OKLaboklab(72.32% 0.0168 0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(72.32% 0.129 82.5)
XYZxyz(37.9258, 37.3717, 8.8296)
Luminance0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD9D37 #3767CD
analogous
#CD5237 #CD9D37 #B2CD37
triadic
#CD9D37 #37CD9D #9D37CD
tetradic
#CD9D37 #37CD52 #3767CD #CD37B2
square
#CD9D37 #37CD52 #3767CD #CD37B2
split-complementary
#CD9D37 #37B2CD #5237CD
monochromatic
#6E541C #9F7928 #CD9D37 #D9B568 #E5CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#CD9D37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47
#CD9D37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D37
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD9D37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD9D371.002.488.478.47
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4721.001.001.00
##0000008.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B19D28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE8E88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 82.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b974',
    500: '#cd9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd9d37;
$custom-light: #e1b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD9D37
secondary
#8FA4D1
accent
#77E345
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D37

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#CD9D37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva