#CDA037#CDA037

#CDA037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA037
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 6.34, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 58.59, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0121 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.13 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4396, 38.3993, 9.0009)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA037 #3764CD

analogous

#CD5537 #CDA037 #AFCD37

triadic

#CDA037 #37CDA0 #A037CD

tetradic

#CDA037 #37CD55 #3764CD #CD37AF

square

#CDA037 #37CD55 #3764CD #CD37AF

split-complementary

#CDA037 #37AFCD #5537CD

monochromatic

#6E551C #9F7B28 #CDA037 #D9B768 #E5CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CDA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#CDA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA037

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA037	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)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb74',
    500: '#cda037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda037;
$custom-light: #e1bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7292,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA037

secondary

#8FA3D1

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA037

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

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