#CD9F43#CD9F43

#CD9F43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F43
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 7.50, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 53.48, 81.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.017 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.121 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5904, 38.1833, 10.6467)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F43 #4371CD

analogous

#CD5A43 #CD9F43 #B6CD43

triadic

#CD9F43 #43CD9F #9F43CD

tetradic

#CD9F43 #43CD5A #4371CD #CD43B6

square

#CD9F43 #43CD5A #4371CD #CD43B6

split-complementary

#CD9F43 #43B6CD #5A43CD

monochromatic

#76591F #A77E2C #CD9F43 #DAB873 #E7D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CD9F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F43

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F43	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7b',
    500: '#cd9f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f43;
$custom-light: #e0bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F43

secondary

#98ACD4

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F43

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

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