#CDA238#CDA238

#CDA238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA238
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 5.31, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.59, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0092 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8133, 39.1079, 9.2449)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA238 #3863CD

analogous

#CD5738 #CDA238 #ADCD38

triadic

#CDA238 #38CDA2 #A238CD

tetradic

#CDA238 #38CD57 #3863CD #CD38AD

square

#CDA238 #38CD57 #3863CD #CD38AD

split-complementary

#CDA238 #38ADCD #5738CD

monochromatic

#6F571C #A07D28 #CDA238 #D9B969 #E6D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#CDA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA238

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA238	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)

#B6A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd75',
    500: '#cda238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda238;
$custom-light: #e1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA238

secondary

#8FA2D1

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA238

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

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