#CD9F3E#CD9F3E

#CD9F3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.125 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F3E
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 7.22, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 55.59, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0155 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.125 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4468, 38.1259, 9.8905)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F3E #3E6CCD

analogous

#CD573E #CD9F3E #B4CD3E

triadic

#CD9F3E #3ECD9F #9F3ECD

tetradic

#CD9F3E #3ECD57 #3E6CCD #CD3EB4

square

#CD9F3E #3ECD57 #3E6CCD #CD3EB4

split-complementary

#CD9F3E #3EB4CD #573ECD

monochromatic

#73571E #A37C2A #CD9F3E #DAB76F #E6CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CD9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F3E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F3E	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.125 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cd9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f3e;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.699,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F3E

secondary

#94A8D3

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F3E

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

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