#CDA03B#CDA03B

#CDA03B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA03B
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 6.53, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 57.01, 83.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0131 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.127 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5394, 38.4392, 9.5265)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA03B #3B68CD

analogous

#CD573B #CDA03B #B1CD3B

triadic

#CDA03B #3BCDA0 #A03BCD

tetradic

#CDA03B #3BCD57 #3B68CD #CD3BB1

square

#CDA03B #3BCD57 #3B68CD #CD3BB1

split-complementary

#CDA03B #3BB1CD #573BCD

monochromatic

#71571D #A27C29 #CDA03B #D9B86C #E6CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CDA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CDA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA03B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA03B	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb77',
    500: '#cda03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda03b;
$custom-light: #e0bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA03B

secondary

#92A6D2

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA03B

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

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