#CDA23C#CDA23C

#CDA23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23C
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 5.50, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 57.00, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0103 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.127 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9151, 39.1487, 9.7809)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23C #3C67CD

analogous

#CD5A3C #CDA23C #B0CD3C

triadic

#CDA23C #3CCDA2 #A23CCD

tetradic

#CDA23C #3CCD5A #3C67CD #CD3CB0

square

#CDA23C #3CCD5A #3C67CD #CD3CB0

split-complementary

#CDA23C #3CB0CD #5A3CCD

monochromatic

#71581D #A27E2A #CDA23C #D9B96D #E6D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23C	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)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd77',
    500: '#cda23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23c;
$custom-light: #e0bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23C

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#74E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23C

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

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