#CD9D3E#CD9D3E

#CD9D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D3E
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 8.30, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 55.22, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0187 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.124 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1056, 37.4436, 9.7768)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D3E #3E6ECD

analogous

#CD553E #CD9D3E #B6CD3E

triadic

#CD9D3E #3ECD9D #9D3ECD

tetradic

#CD9D3E #3ECD55 #3E6ECD #CD3EB6

square

#CD9D3E #3ECD55 #3E6ECD #CD3EB6

split-complementary

#CD9D3E #3EB6CD #553ECD

monochromatic

#73561E #A37B2A #CD9D3E #DAB66F #E6CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CD9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D3E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D3E	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)

#B19E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b978',
    500: '#cd9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d3e;
$custom-light: #e0b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72383,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D3E

secondary

#94A9D3

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D3E

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

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