#CDA139#CDA139

#CDA139 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA139
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 5.89, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 58.00, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0111 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.129 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6626, 38.7669, 9.3165)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA139 #3965CD

analogous

#CD5739 #CDA139 #AFCD39

triadic

#CDA139 #39CDA1 #A139CD

tetradic

#CDA139 #39CD57 #3965CD #CD39AF

square

#CDA139 #39CD57 #3965CD #CD39AF

split-complementary

#CDA139 #39AFCD #5739CD

monochromatic

#6F571C #A07D28 #CDA139 #D9B86A #E6CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CDA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CDA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA139

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA139	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bc76',
    500: '#cda139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda139;
$custom-light: #e1bc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA139

secondary

#90A4D2

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA139

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

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