#CDA059#CDA059

#CDA059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA059
RGB	rgb(205, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 8.47, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 43.78, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0227 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.104 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5528, 38.8445, 14.8637)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA059 #5986CD

analogous

#CD6659 #CDA059 #C0CD59

triadic

#CDA059 #59CDA0 #A059CD

tetradic

#CDA059 #59CD66 #5986CD #CD59C0

square

#CDA059 #59CD66 #5986CD #CD59C0

split-complementary

#CDA059 #59C0CD #6659CD

monochromatic

#846028 #B38236 #CDA059 #DBBB88 #E9D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CDA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CDA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA059

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA059	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc8a',
    500: '#cda059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda059;
$custom-light: #dfbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA059

secondary

#AABCD8

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA059

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

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