#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
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 6.38, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 58.20, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0123 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.129 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4638, 38.4089, 9.1284)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CDA038	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)

#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

Preview with #CDA038

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

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