#CD9D3C#CD9D3C

#CD9D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D3C
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 8.20, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 56.04, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0181 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.125 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0518, 37.4220, 9.4931)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D3C #3C6CCD

analogous

#CD553C #CD9D3C #B5CD3C

triadic

#CD9D3C #3CCD9D #9D3CCD

tetradic

#CD9D3C #3CCD55 #3C6CCD #CD3CB5

square

#CD9D3C #3CCD55 #3C6CCD #CD3CB5

split-complementary

#CD9D3C #3CB5CD #553CCD

monochromatic

#71561D #A27A2A #CD9D3C #D9B56D #E6CE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D3C

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D3C	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)

#B19D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b977',
    500: '#cd9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d3c;
$custom-light: #e1b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D3C

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#79E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D3C

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

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