#CDA23B#CDA23B

#CDA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23B
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 5.45, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 57.41, 84.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.01 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.128 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8889, 39.1382, 9.6430)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23B #3B66CD

analogous

#CD593B #CDA23B #AFCD3B

triadic

#CDA23B #3BCDA2 #A23BCD

tetradic

#CDA23B #3BCD59 #3B66CD #CD3BAF

square

#CDA23B #3BCD59 #3B66CD #CD3BAF

split-complementary

#CDA23B #3BAFCD #593BCD

monochromatic

#71581D #A27E29 #CDA23B #D9B96C #E6D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23B	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd77',
    500: '#cda23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23b;
$custom-light: #e0bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.329,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23B

secondary

#92A5D2

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23B

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

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