#CDA136#CDA136

#CDA136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA136
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 5.75, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 59.17, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0103 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.131 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5899, 38.7379, 8.9340)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA136 #3662CD

analogous

#CD5636 #CDA136 #ADCD36

triadic

#CDA136 #36CDA1 #A136CD

tetradic

#CDA136 #36CD56 #3662CD #CD36AD

square

#CDA136 #36CD56 #3662CD #CD36AD

split-complementary

#CDA136 #36ADCD #5636CD

monochromatic

#6D551B #9E7C27 #CDA136 #D9B867 #E5CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CDA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CDA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA136

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA136	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc74',
    500: '#cda136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda136;
$custom-light: #e1bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73112,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA136

secondary

#8EA1D1

accent

#73E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA136

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

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