#CDA035#CDA035

#CDA035 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA035
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 6.24, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 59.36, 83.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0116 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.131 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3926, 38.3805, 8.7535)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA035 #3562CD

analogous

#CD5435 #CDA035 #AECD35

triadic

#CDA035 #35CDA0 #A035CD

tetradic

#CDA035 #35CD54 #3562CD #CD35AE

square

#CDA035 #35CD54 #3562CD #CD35AE

split-complementary

#CDA035 #35AECD #5435CD

monochromatic

#6D541B #9E7B27 #CDA035 #D9B766 #E5CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CDA035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CDA035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA035

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA035	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb73',
    500: '#cda035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda035;
$custom-light: #e1bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA035

secondary

#8DA1D1

accent

#73E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA035

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

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