#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
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 7.95, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 58.04, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0168 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.129 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9258, 37.3717, 8.8296)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CD9D37	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)

#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

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

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