#CD9E39#CD9E39

#CD9E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E39
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 7.51, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 57.43, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0157 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.128 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1446, 37.7310, 9.1439)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E39 #3968CD

analogous

#CD5439 #CD9E39 #B2CD39

triadic

#CD9E39 #39CD9E #9E39CD

tetradic

#CD9E39 #39CD54 #3968CD #CD39B2

square

#CD9E39 #39CD54 #3968CD #CD39B2

split-complementary

#CD9E39 #39B2CD #5439CD

monochromatic

#6F551C #A07A28 #CD9E39 #D9B66A #E6CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E39

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E39	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba75',
    500: '#cd9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e39;
$custom-light: #e1ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E39

secondary

#90A5D2

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E39

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

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