#CD9F31#CD9F31

#CD9F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F31
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 76.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 6.61, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 60.66, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0122 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.133 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1318, 37.9999, 8.2315)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F31 #315FCD

analogous

#CD5131 #CD9F31 #ADCD31

triadic

#CD9F31 #31CD9F #9F31CD

tetradic

#CD9F31 #31CD51 #315FCD #CD31AD

square

#CD9F31 #31CD51 #315FCD #CD31AD

split-complementary

#CD9F31 #31ADCD #5131CD

monochromatic

#6A5219 #9C7925 #CD9F31 #D9B662 #E5CD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F31

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F31	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb71',
    500: '#cd9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f31;
$custom-light: #e1bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 61.417,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F31

secondary

#8A9ED0

accent

#73E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F31

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

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