#CDA042#CDA042

#CDA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA042
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 6.90, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 54.11, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0151 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.122 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7333, 38.5167, 10.5476)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA042 #426FCD

analogous

#CD5B42 #CDA042 #B4CD42

triadic

#CDA042 #42CDA0 #A042CD

tetradic

#CDA042 #42CD5B #426FCD #CD42B4

square

#CDA042 #42CD5B #426FCD #CD42B4

split-complementary

#CDA042 #42B4CD #5B42CD

monochromatic

#765A1F #A67E2C #CDA042 #DAB872 #E7D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CDA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CDA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA042

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA042	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7b',
    500: '#cda042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda042;
$custom-light: #e0bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.576,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA042

secondary

#97ABD3

accent

#79E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA042

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

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