#CD9E42#CD9E42

#CD9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E42
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 7.98, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 53.72, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0182 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.122 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3894, 37.8289, 10.4330)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E42 #4271CD

analogous

#CD5842 #CD9E42 #B7CD42

triadic

#CD9E42 #42CD9E #9E42CD

tetradic

#CD9E42 #42CD58 #4271CD #CD42B7

square

#CD9E42 #42CD58 #4271CD #CD42B7

split-complementary

#CD9E42 #42B7CD #5842CD

monochromatic

#76581F #A67D2C #CD9E42 #DAB772 #E7D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CD9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E42

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E42	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7b',
    500: '#cd9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e42;
$custom-light: #e0ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E42

secondary

#97ACD3

accent

#7BE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E42

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

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