#CDA048#CDA048

#CDA048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA048
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 7.26, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 51.51, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0169 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.118 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9195, 38.5912, 11.5286)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA048 #4875CD

analogous

#CD5E48 #CDA048 #B8CD48

triadic

#CDA048 #48CDA0 #A048CD

tetradic

#CDA048 #48CD5E #4875CD #CD48B8

square

#CDA048 #48CD5E #4875CD #CD48B8

split-complementary

#CDA048 #48B8CD #5E48CD

monochromatic

#795C21 #A9802E #CDA048 #DAB978 #E7D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CDA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#CDA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA048

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA048	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7e',
    500: '#cda048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda048;
$custom-light: #e0bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73075,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA048

secondary

#9CAFD5

accent

#7BE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA048

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

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