#CD9F36#CD9F36

#CD9F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F36
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 6.83, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 58.79, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0134 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.13 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2432, 38.0445, 8.8184)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F36 #3664CD

analogous

#CD5336 #CD9F36 #AFCD36

triadic

#CD9F36 #36CD9F #9F36CD

tetradic

#CD9F36 #36CD53 #3664CD #CD36AF

square

#CD9F36 #36CD53 #3664CD #CD36AF

split-complementary

#CD9F36 #36AFCD #5336CD

monochromatic

#6D541B #9E7A27 #CD9F36 #D9B667 #E5CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F36

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F36	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb74',
    500: '#cd9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f36;
$custom-light: #e1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72713,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F36

secondary

#8EA2D1

accent

#75E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F36

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

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