#CD9F3D#CD9F3D

#CD9F3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F3D
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 7.17, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 56.00, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0152 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.125 83)
XYZ	xyz(38.4196, 38.1150, 9.7474)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F3D #3D6BCD

analogous

#CD573D #CD9F3D #B3CD3D

triadic

#CD9F3D #3DCD9F #9F3DCD

tetradic

#CD9F3D #3DCD57 #3D6BCD #CD3DB3

square

#CD9F3D #3DCD57 #3D6BCD #CD3DB3

split-complementary

#CD9F3D #3DB3CD #573DCD

monochromatic

#72571D #A37C2A #CD9F3D #DAB76E #E6CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F3D

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F3D	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)

#B39F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cd9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f3d;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.38112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F3D

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F3D

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

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