#CDA138#CDA138

#CDA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA138
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 5.85, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 58.39, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0108 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.129 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6379, 38.7570, 9.1864)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA138 #3864CD

analogous

#CD5638 #CDA138 #AECD38

triadic

#CDA138 #38CDA1 #A138CD

tetradic

#CDA138 #38CD56 #3864CD #CD38AE

square

#CDA138 #38CD56 #3864CD #CD38AE

split-complementary

#CDA138 #38AECD #5638CD

monochromatic

#6F561C #A07C28 #CDA138 #D9B869 #E6CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CDA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CDA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA138

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA138	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)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc75',
    500: '#cda138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda138;
$custom-light: #e1bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73127,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA138

secondary

#8FA3D1

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA138

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

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