#CDA159#CDA159

#CDA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA159
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 7.93, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 43.97, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0211 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.104 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7268, 39.1926, 14.9217)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA159 #5985CD

analogous

#CD6759 #CDA159 #BFCD59

triadic

#CDA159 #59CDA1 #A159CD

tetradic

#CDA159 #59CD67 #5985CD #CD59BF

square

#CDA159 #59CD67 #5985CD #CD59BF

split-complementary

#CDA159 #59BFCD #6759CD

monochromatic

#846128 #B38336 #CDA159 #DBBC88 #E9D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#CDA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA159

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA159	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc8a',
    500: '#cda159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda159;
$custom-light: #dfbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA159

secondary

#AABBD8

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA159

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

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