#CD9F40#CD9F40

#CD9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F40
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 7.33, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 54.76, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0161 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.123 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5027, 38.1482, 10.1849)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F40 #406ECD

analogous

#CD5940 #CD9F40 #B4CD40

triadic

#CD9F40 #40CD9F #9F40CD

tetradic

#CD9F40 #40CD59 #406ECD #CD40B4

square

#CD9F40 #40CD59 #406ECD #CD40B4

split-complementary

#CD9F40 #40B4CD #5940CD

monochromatic

#74581E #A57D2B #CD9F40 #DAB771 #E6D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CD9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F40

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F40	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb79',
    500: '#cd9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f40;
$custom-light: #e0bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72797,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F40

secondary

#96AAD3

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F40

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

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