#CD9E34#CD9E34

#CD9E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E34
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 7.28, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 59.37, 82.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0145 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.131 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0259, 37.6835, 8.5190)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E34 #3463CD

analogous

#CD5234 #CD9E34 #AFCD34

triadic

#CD9E34 #34CD9E #9E34CD

tetradic

#CD9E34 #34CD52 #3463CD #CD34AF

square

#CD9E34 #34CD52 #3463CD #CD34AF

split-complementary

#CD9E34 #34AFCD #5234CD

monochromatic

#6C531B #9D7927 #CD9E34 #D9B565 #E5CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E34

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E34	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba73',
    500: '#cd9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e34;
$custom-light: #e1ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E34

secondary

#8CA1D1

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E34

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

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