#CDA142#CDA142

#CDA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA142
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 6.37, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 54.31, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0135 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.123 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9073, 38.8648, 10.6056)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA142 #426ECD

analogous

#CD5B42 #CDA142 #B4CD42

triadic

#CDA142 #42CDA1 #A142CD

tetradic

#CDA142 #42CD5B #426ECD #CD42B4

square

#CDA142 #42CD5B #426ECD #CD42B4

split-complementary

#CDA142 #42B4CD #5B42CD

monochromatic

#765A1F #A67F2C #CDA142 #DAB972 #E7D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CDA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CDA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA142

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA142	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bc7b',
    500: '#cda142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda142;
$custom-light: #e0bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73214,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA142

secondary

#97AAD3

accent

#77E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA142

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

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