#CDA157#CDA157

#CDA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA157
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 7.78, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 44.90, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0204 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.106 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6440, 39.1595, 14.4854)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA157 #5783CD

analogous

#CD6657 #CDA157 #BECD57

triadic

#CDA157 #57CDA1 #A157CD

tetradic

#CDA157 #57CD66 #5783CD #CD57BE

square

#CDA157 #57CD66 #5783CD #CD57BE

split-complementary

#CDA157 #57BECD #6657CD

monochromatic

#836027 #B28335 #CDA157 #DBBB86 #E9D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA157

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA157	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc88',
    500: '#cda157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda157;
$custom-light: #dfbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7345,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA157

secondary

#A8BAD8

accent

#81DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA157

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

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