#CD9E3F#CD9E3F

#CD9E3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E3F
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 7.82, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 54.99, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0174 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.124 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3032, 37.7944, 9.9793)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E3F #3F6ECD

analogous

#CD573F #CD9E3F #B5CD3F

triadic

#CD9E3F #3FCD9E #9E3FCD

tetradic

#CD9E3F #3FCD57 #3F6ECD #CD3FB5

square

#CD9E3F #3FCD57 #3F6ECD #CD3FB5

split-complementary

#CD9E3F #3FB5CD #573FCD

monochromatic

#74571E #A47C2B #CD9E3F #DAB770 #E6CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9E3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E3F

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E3F	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)

#B29E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba79',
    500: '#cd9e3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e3f;
$custom-light: #e0ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E3F

secondary

#95A9D3

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E3F

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

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