#CD9F32#CD9F32

#CD9F32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F32
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 6.65, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 60.29, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0124 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.132 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1531, 38.0084, 8.3439)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F32 #3260CD

analogous

#CD5232 #CD9F32 #ADCD32

triadic

#CD9F32 #32CD9F #9F32CD

tetradic

#CD9F32 #32CD52 #3260CD #CD32AD

square

#CD9F32 #32CD52 #3260CD #CD32AD

split-complementary

#CD9F32 #32ADCD #5232CD

monochromatic

#6B531A #9C7926 #CD9F32 #D9B663 #E5CD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F32

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F32	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)

#B39F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb72',
    500: '#cd9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f32;
$custom-light: #e1bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F32

secondary

#8B9FD0

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F32

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

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