#CD9E37#CD9E37

#CD9E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E37
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 7.41, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 58.22, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0152 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.129 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0957, 37.7114, 8.8862)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E37 #3766CD

analogous

#CD5337 #CD9E37 #B1CD37

triadic

#CD9E37 #37CD9E #9E37CD

tetradic

#CD9E37 #37CD53 #3766CD #CD37B1

square

#CD9E37 #37CD53 #3766CD #CD37B1

split-complementary

#CD9E37 #37B1CD #5337CD

monochromatic

#6E541C #9F7A28 #CD9E37 #D9B668 #E5CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E37

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E37	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba74',
    500: '#cd9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e37;
$custom-light: #e1ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E37

secondary

#8FA3D1

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E37

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

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