#CDA036#CDA036

#CDA036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA036
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 6.29, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 58.97, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0118 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.13 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4159, 38.3898, 8.8759)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA036 #3663CD

analogous

#CD5436 #CDA036 #AECD36

triadic

#CDA036 #36CDA0 #A036CD

tetradic

#CDA036 #36CD54 #3663CD #CD36AE

square

#CDA036 #36CD54 #3663CD #CD36AE

split-complementary

#CDA036 #36AECD #5436CD

monochromatic

#6D551B #9E7B27 #CDA036 #D9B767 #E5CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CDA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CDA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA036

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA036	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)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb74',
    500: '#cda036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda036;
$custom-light: #e1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA036

secondary

#8EA2D1

accent

#74E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA036

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

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