#CD9E3D#CD9E3D

#CD9E3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E3D
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 7.71, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 55.81, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0168 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.125 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2483, 37.7725, 9.6903)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E3D #3D6CCD

analogous

#CD563D #CD9E3D #B4CD3D

triadic

#CD9E3D #3DCD9E #9E3DCD

tetradic

#CD9E3D #3DCD56 #3D6CCD #CD3DB4

square

#CD9E3D #3DCD56 #3D6CCD #CD3DB4

split-complementary

#CD9E3D #3DB4CD #563DCD

monochromatic

#72571D #A37B2A #CD9E3D #DAB66E #E6CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E3D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E3D	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B29E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba78',
    500: '#cd9e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e3d;
$custom-light: #e0ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72572,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E3D

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E3D

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

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