#CDA23D#CDA23D

#CDA23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23D
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 5.56, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.60, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0106 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9418, 39.1593, 9.9214)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23D #3D68CD

analogous

#CD5A3D #CDA23D #B0CD3D

triadic

#CDA23D #3DCDA2 #A23DCD

tetradic

#CDA23D #3DCD5A #3D68CD #CD3DB0

square

#CDA23D #3DCD5A #3D68CD #CD3DB0

split-complementary

#CDA23D #3DB0CD #5A3DCD

monochromatic

#72591D #A37F2A #CDA23D #DAB96E #E6D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23D	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)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd78',
    500: '#cda23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23d;
$custom-light: #e0bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73368,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23D

secondary

#93A6D2

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23D

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

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