#CD9E3E#CD9E3E

#CD9E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E3E
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 7.76, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 55.40, 81.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0171 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.124 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2755, 37.7834, 9.8335)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E3E #3E6DCD

analogous

#CD573E #CD9E3E #B4CD3E

triadic

#CD9E3E #3ECD9E #9E3ECD

tetradic

#CD9E3E #3ECD57 #3E6DCD #CD3EB4

square

#CD9E3E #3ECD57 #3E6DCD #CD3EB4

split-complementary

#CD9E3E #3EB4CD #573ECD

monochromatic

#73571E #A37C2A #CD9E3E #DAB66F #E6CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E3E

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E3E	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba78',
    500: '#cd9e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e3e;
$custom-light: #e0ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E3E

secondary

#94A9D3

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E3E

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

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