#CD9E38#CD9E38

#CD9E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E38
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 7.46, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 57.83, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0155 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.128 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1199, 37.7211, 9.0138)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E38 #3867CD

analogous

#CD5338 #CD9E38 #B1CD38

triadic

#CD9E38 #38CD9E #9E38CD

tetradic

#CD9E38 #38CD53 #3867CD #CD38B1

square

#CD9E38 #38CD53 #3867CD #CD38B1

split-complementary

#CD9E38 #38B1CD #5338CD

monochromatic

#6F551C #A07A28 #CD9E38 #D9B669 #E6CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E38

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E38	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)

#B29E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba75',
    500: '#cd9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e38;
$custom-light: #e1ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.074,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E38

secondary

#8FA4D1

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E38

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

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