#CD9E3A#CD9E3A

#CD9E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E3A
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 7.56, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 57.03, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.016 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.127 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1698, 37.7411, 9.2765)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E3A #3A69CD

analogous

#CD553A #CD9E3A #B3CD3A

triadic

#CD9E3A #3ACD9E #9E3ACD

tetradic

#CD9E3A #3ACD55 #3A69CD #CD3AB3

square

#CD9E3A #3ACD55 #3A69CD #CD3AB3

split-complementary

#CD9E3A #3AB3CD #553ACD

monochromatic

#70551C #A17B29 #CD9E3A #D9B66B #E6CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E3A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E3A	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)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ba76',
    500: '#cd9e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e3a;
$custom-light: #e1ba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72546,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E3A

secondary

#91A6D2

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E3A

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

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