#CDA044#CDA044

#CDA044 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA044
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 7.02, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 53.25, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0157 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.121 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7933, 38.5407, 10.8636)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA044 #4471CD

analogous

#CD5B44 #CDA044 #B5CD44

triadic

#CDA044 #44CDA0 #A044CD

tetradic

#CDA044 #44CD5B #4471CD #CD44B5

square

#CDA044 #44CD5B #4471CD #CD44B5

split-complementary

#CDA044 #44B5CD #5B44CD

monochromatic

#775A20 #A77F2D #CDA044 #DAB974 #E7D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CDA044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#CDA044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA044

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA044	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7c',
    500: '#cda044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda044;
$custom-light: #e0bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA044

secondary

#99ACD4

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA044

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

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