#CD9E43#CD9E43

#CD9E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E43
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 8.04, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 53.30, 81.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0185 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.121 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4191, 37.8408, 10.5896)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E43 #4372CD

analogous

#CD5943 #CD9E43 #B7CD43

triadic

#CD9E43 #43CD9E #9E43CD

tetradic

#CD9E43 #43CD59 #4372CD #CD43B7

square

#CD9E43 #43CD59 #4372CD #CD43B7

split-complementary

#CD9E43 #43B7CD #5943CD

monochromatic

#76591F #A77D2C #CD9E43 #DAB773 #E7D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CD9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E43

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E43	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)

#B19F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7b',
    500: '#cd9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e43;
$custom-light: #e0ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72628,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E43

secondary

#98ACD4

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E43

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

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