#CDA03E#CDA03E

#CDA03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA03E
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 6.68, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.78, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.014 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.125 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6194, 38.4712, 9.9481)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA03E #3E6BCD

analogous

#CD593E #CDA03E #B3CD3E

triadic

#CDA03E #3ECDA0 #A03ECD

tetradic

#CDA03E #3ECD59 #3E6BCD #CD3EB3

square

#CDA03E #3ECD59 #3E6BCD #CD3EB3

split-complementary

#CDA03E #3EB3CD #593ECD

monochromatic

#73581E #A37D2A #CDA03E #DAB86F #E6D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CDA03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CDA03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA03E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA03E	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)

#B3A032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cda03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda03e;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA03E

secondary

#94A8D3

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA03E

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

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