#CDA149#CDA149

#CDA149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA149
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 6.79, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 51.27, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0157 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.117 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1265, 38.9525, 11.7598)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA149 #4975CD

analogous

#CD5F49 #CDA149 #B7CD49

triadic

#CDA149 #49CDA1 #A149CD

tetradic

#CDA149 #49CD5F #4975CD #CD49B7

square

#CDA149 #49CD5F #4975CD #CD49B7

split-complementary

#CDA149 #49B7CD #5F49CD

monochromatic

#7A5D22 #AA812F #CDA149 #DABA79 #E7D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CDA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CDA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA149

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA149	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bc7f',
    500: '#cda149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda149;
$custom-light: #e0bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA149

secondary

#9DB0D5

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA149

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

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