#CD9D42#CD9D42

#CD9D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D42
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 8.52, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 53.54, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0198 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.121 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2195, 37.4891, 10.3763)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D42 #4272CD

analogous

#CD5842 #CD9D42 #B7CD42

triadic

#CD9D42 #42CD9D #9D42CD

tetradic

#CD9D42 #42CD58 #4272CD #CD42B7

square

#CD9D42 #42CD58 #4272CD #CD42B7

split-complementary

#CD9D42 #42B7CD #5842CD

monochromatic

#76581F #A67C2C #CD9D42 #DAB672 #E7CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D42

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D42	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97b',
    500: '#cd9d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d42;
$custom-light: #e0b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.281,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D42

secondary

#97ACD3

accent

#7CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D42

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

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