#CD9E41#CD9E41

#CD9E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E41
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 7.93, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 54.15, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0179 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.122 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3601, 37.8172, 10.2790)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E41 #4170CD

analogous

#CD5841 #CD9E41 #B6CD41

triadic

#CD9E41 #41CD9E #9E41CD

tetradic

#CD9E41 #41CD58 #4170CD #CD41B6

square

#CD9E41 #41CD58 #4170CD #CD41B6

split-complementary

#CD9E41 #41B6CD #5841CD

monochromatic

#75581F #A57C2C #CD9E41 #DAB771 #E6CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E41

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E41	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)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7a',
    500: '#cd9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e41;
$custom-light: #e0ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E41

secondary

#97ABD3

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E41

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

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