#CDA156#CDA156

#CDA156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA156
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 7.70, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 45.37, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.02 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.107 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6034, 39.1433, 14.2718)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA156 #5682CD

analogous

#CD6656 #CDA156 #BECD56

triadic

#CDA156 #56CDA1 #A156CD

tetradic

#CDA156 #56CD66 #5682CD #CD56BE

square

#CDA156 #56CD66 #5682CD #CD56BE

split-complementary

#CDA156 #56BECD #6656CD

monochromatic

#826026 #B18334 #CDA156 #DBBB85 #E9D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA156

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA156	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc88',
    500: '#cda156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda156;
$custom-light: #dfbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA156

secondary

#A7B9D8

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA156

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

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