#CD9F35#CD9F35

#CD9F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F35
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 6.78, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 59.17, 83.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0131 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.13 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2200, 38.0352, 8.6960)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F35 #3563CD

analogous

#CD5335 #CD9F35 #AFCD35

triadic

#CD9F35 #35CD9F #9F35CD

tetradic

#CD9F35 #35CD53 #3563CD #CD35AF

square

#CD9F35 #35CD53 #3563CD #CD35AF

split-complementary

#CD9F35 #35AFCD #5335CD

monochromatic

#6D541B #9E7A27 #CD9F35 #D9B666 #E5CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F35

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F35	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb73',
    500: '#cd9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f35;
$custom-light: #e1bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F35

secondary

#8DA2D1

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F35

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

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