#CDA038#CDA038

#CDA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CDA038
RGBrgb(205, 160, 56)
HSLhsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.32, 6.38, 57.85)
CIE-LCHlch(68.32, 58.20, 83.70°)
OKLaboklab(72.93% 0.0123 0.1284)
OKLCHoklch(72.93% 0.129 84.5)
XYZxyz(38.4638, 38.4089, 9.1284)
Luminance0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CDA038 #3865CD
analogous
#CD5538 #CDA038 #AFCD38
triadic
#CDA038 #38CDA0 #A038CD
tetradic
#CDA038 #38CD55 #3865CD #CD38AF
square
#CDA038 #38CD55 #3865CD #CD38AF
split-complementary
#CDA038 #38AFCD #5538CD
monochromatic
#6F561C #A07C28 #CDA038 #D9B769 #E6CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#CDA038 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#CDA038 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA038
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CDA038#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CDA0381.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A029
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE918B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cda038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 84.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bb75',
    500: '#cda038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cda038;
$custom-light: #e1bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cda038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72928,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CDA038
secondary
#8FA3D1
accent
#75E345
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#CDA038 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva