#CD9D3D#CD9D3D

#CD9D3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D3D
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 8.25, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 55.63, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0184 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.125 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0785, 37.4327, 9.6336)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D3D #3D6DCD

analogous

#CD553D #CD9D3D #B5CD3D

triadic

#CD9D3D #3DCD9D #9D3DCD

tetradic

#CD9D3D #3DCD55 #3D6DCD #CD3DB5

square

#CD9D3D #3DCD55 #3D6DCD #CD3DB5

split-complementary

#CD9D3D #3DB5CD #553DCD

monochromatic

#72561D #A37B2A #CD9D3D #DAB66E #E6CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CD9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D3D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D3D	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b978',
    500: '#cd9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d3d;
$custom-light: #e0b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D3D

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D3D

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

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