#CD9F3B#CD9F3B

#CD9F3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F3B
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 7.07, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 56.81, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0147 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.127 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3667, 38.0939, 9.4689)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F3B #3B69CD

analogous

#CD563B #CD9F3B #B2CD3B

triadic

#CD9F3B #3BCD9F #9F3BCD

tetradic

#CD9F3B #3BCD56 #3B69CD #CD3BB2

square

#CD9F3B #3BCD56 #3B69CD #CD3BB2

split-complementary

#CD9F3B #3BB2CD #563BCD

monochromatic

#71561D #A27C29 #CD9F3B #D9B76C #E6CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F3B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F3B	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)

#B39F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb77',
    500: '#cd9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f3b;
$custom-light: #e1bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.096,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F3B

secondary

#92A6D2

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F3B

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

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