#CD9F3A#CD9F3A

#CD9F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F3A
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 7.02, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 57.22, 82.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0144 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.127 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3410, 38.0836, 9.3336)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F3A #3A68CD

analogous

#CD563A #CD9F3A #B2CD3A

triadic

#CD9F3A #3ACD9F #9F3ACD

tetradic

#CD9F3A #3ACD56 #3A68CD #CD3AB2

square

#CD9F3A #3ACD56 #3A68CD #CD3AB2

split-complementary

#CD9F3A #3AB2CD #563ACD

monochromatic

#70561C #A17B29 #CD9F3A #D9B76B #E6CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F3A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F3A	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb76',
    500: '#cd9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f3a;
$custom-light: #e1bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.224,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F3A

secondary

#91A5D2

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F3A

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

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