#CD9F42#CD9F42

#CD9F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F42
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 7.44, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 53.91, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0167 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.122 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5606, 38.1714, 10.4900)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F42 #4270CD

analogous

#CD5942 #CD9F42 #B5CD42

triadic

#CD9F42 #42CD9F #9F42CD

tetradic

#CD9F42 #42CD59 #4270CD #CD42B5

square

#CD9F42 #42CD59 #4270CD #CD42B5

split-complementary

#CD9F42 #42B5CD #5942CD

monochromatic

#76591F #A67E2C #CD9F42 #DAB872 #E7D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#CD9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F42

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F42	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7b',
    500: '#cd9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f42;
$custom-light: #e0bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F42

secondary

#97ABD3

accent

#7AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F42

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

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