#CD9D3A#CD9D3A

#CD9D3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D3A
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 8.10, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 56.85, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0176 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.127 82)
XYZ	xyz(37.9999, 37.4013, 9.2199)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D3A #3A6ACD

analogous

#CD543A #CD9D3A #B4CD3A

triadic

#CD9D3A #3ACD9D #9D3ACD

tetradic

#CD9D3A #3ACD54 #3A6ACD #CD3AB4

square

#CD9D3A #3ACD54 #3A6ACD #CD3AB4

split-complementary

#CD9D3A #3AB4CD #543ACD

monochromatic

#70551C #A17A29 #CD9D3A #D9B56B #E6CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D3A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D3A	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)

#B19D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b976',
    500: '#cd9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d3a;
$custom-light: #e1b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.37399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D3A

secondary

#91A6D2

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D3A

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

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