#CDA236#CDA236

#CDA236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA236
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 5.21, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 59.37, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0087 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.131 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7654, 39.0888, 8.9924)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA236 #3661CD

analogous

#CD5636 #CDA236 #ACCD36

triadic

#CDA236 #36CDA2 #A236CD

tetradic

#CDA236 #36CD56 #3661CD #CD36AC

square

#CDA236 #36CD56 #3661CD #CD36AC

split-complementary

#CDA236 #36ACCD #5636CD

monochromatic

#6D561B #9E7D27 #CDA236 #D9B967 #E5CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#CDA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA236

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA236	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd74',
    500: '#cda236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda236;
$custom-light: #e1bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA236

secondary

#8EA1D1

accent

#72E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA236

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

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