#CD9E32#CD9E32

#CD9E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E32
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 7.19, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 60.11, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.014 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.132 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9818, 37.6659, 8.2868)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E32 #3261CD

analogous

#CD5032 #CD9E32 #AFCD32

triadic

#CD9E32 #32CD9E #9E32CD

tetradic

#CD9E32 #32CD50 #3261CD #CD32AF

square

#CD9E32 #32CD50 #3261CD #CD32AF

split-complementary

#CD9E32 #32AFCD #5032CD

monochromatic

#6B521A #9C7826 #CD9E32 #D9B563 #E5CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E32

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E32	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba71',
    500: '#cd9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e32;
$custom-light: #e1ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E32

secondary

#8BA0D0

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E32

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

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