#CDA161#CDA161

#CDA161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA161
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 8.60, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 40.22, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0241 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.097 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0812, 39.3344, 16.7881)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA161 #618DCD

analogous

#CD6B61 #CDA161 #C3CD61

triadic

#CDA161 #61CDA1 #A161CD

tetradic

#CDA161 #61CD6B #618DCD #CD61C3

square

#CDA161 #61CD6B #618DCD #CD61C3

split-complementary

#CDA161 #61C3CD #6B61CD

monochromatic

#88622B #B7843A #CDA161 #DCBD8F #EAD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CDA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CDA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA161

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA161	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc8f',
    500: '#cda161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda161;
$custom-light: #dfbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7359,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA161

secondary

#B0C1DA

accent

#87DB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA161

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

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