#CD9D38#CD9D38

#CD9D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D38
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 8.00, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 57.65, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.017 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.128 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9500, 37.3813, 8.9571)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D38 #3868CD

analogous

#CD5238 #CD9D38 #B2CD38

triadic

#CD9D38 #38CD9D #9D38CD

tetradic

#CD9D38 #38CD52 #3868CD #CD38B2

square

#CD9D38 #38CD52 #3868CD #CD38B2

split-complementary

#CD9D38 #38B2CD #5238CD

monochromatic

#6F541C #A07928 #CD9D38 #D9B569 #E6CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D38

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D38	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b975',
    500: '#cd9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d38;
$custom-light: #e1b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D38

secondary

#8FA5D1

accent

#78E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D38

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

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