#CDA23A#CDA23A

#CDA23A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23A
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 5.40, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 57.81, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0098 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8632, 39.1279, 9.5077)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23A #3A65CD

analogous

#CD593A #CDA23A #AFCD3A

triadic

#CDA23A #3ACDA2 #A23ACD

tetradic

#CDA23A #3ACD59 #3A65CD #CD3AAF

square

#CDA23A #3ACD59 #3A65CD #CD3AAF

split-complementary

#CDA23A #3AAFCD #593ACD

monochromatic

#70581C #A17E29 #CDA23A #D9B96B #E6D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#CDA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23A	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)

#B5A12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd76',
    500: '#cda23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23a;
$custom-light: #e0bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23A

secondary

#91A4D2

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23A

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

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