#CD9E40#CD9E40

#CD9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.123 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E40
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 7.87, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 54.57, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0177 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.123 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3314, 37.8057, 10.1278)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E40 #406FCD

analogous

#CD5740 #CD9E40 #B5CD40

triadic

#CD9E40 #40CD9E #9E40CD

tetradic

#CD9E40 #40CD57 #406FCD #CD40B5

square

#CD9E40 #40CD57 #406FCD #CD40B5

split-complementary

#CD9E40 #40B5CD #5740CD

monochromatic

#74581E #A57C2B #CD9E40 #DAB771 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E40

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E40	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)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.123 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba79',
    500: '#cd9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e40;
$custom-light: #e0ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E40

secondary

#96AAD3

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E40

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

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