#CD9E36#CD9E36

#CD9E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E36
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 7.37, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 58.60, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.015 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.129 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0719, 37.7019, 8.7613)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E36 #3665CD

analogous

#CD5336 #CD9E36 #B0CD36

triadic

#CD9E36 #36CD9E #9E36CD

tetradic

#CD9E36 #36CD53 #3665CD #CD36B0

square

#CD9E36 #36CD53 #3665CD #CD36B0

split-complementary

#CD9E36 #36B0CD #5336CD

monochromatic

#6D541B #9E7927 #CD9E36 #D9B667 #E5CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E36

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E36	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)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba74',
    500: '#cd9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e36;
$custom-light: #e1ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72514,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E36

secondary

#8EA3D1

accent

#76E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →