#CDA040#CDA040

#CDA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA040
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 6.79, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 54.95, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0145 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.124 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6753, 38.4936, 10.2425)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA040 #406DCD

analogous

#CD5940 #CDA040 #B3CD40

triadic

#CDA040 #40CDA0 #A040CD

tetradic

#CDA040 #40CD59 #406DCD #CD40B3

square

#CDA040 #40CD59 #406DCD #CD40B3

split-complementary

#CDA040 #40B3CD #5940CD

monochromatic

#74591E #A57E2B #CDA040 #DAB871 #E6D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CDA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CDA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA040

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA040	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7a',
    500: '#cda040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda040;
$custom-light: #e0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA040

secondary

#96A9D3

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA040

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

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