#CD9F38#CD9F38

#CD9F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F38
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 6.92, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 58.01, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0139 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.129 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2912, 38.0636, 9.0709)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F38 #3866CD

analogous

#CD5438 #CD9F38 #B0CD38

triadic

#CD9F38 #38CD9F #9F38CD

tetradic

#CD9F38 #38CD54 #3866CD #CD38B0

square

#CD9F38 #38CD54 #3866CD #CD38B0

split-complementary

#CD9F38 #38B0CD #5438CD

monochromatic

#6F551C #A07B28 #CD9F38 #D9B769 #E6CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F38

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F38	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb75',
    500: '#cd9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f38;
$custom-light: #e1bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.477,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F38

secondary

#8FA4D1

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F38

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

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