#CDA23E#CDA23E

#CDA23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23E
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 5.61, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.19, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0108 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.126 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9689, 39.1702, 10.0646)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23E #3E69CD

analogous

#CD5A3E #CDA23E #B1CD3E

triadic

#CDA23E #3ECDA2 #A23ECD

tetradic

#CDA23E #3ECD5A #3E69CD #CD3EB1

square

#CDA23E #3ECD5A #3E69CD #CD3EB1

split-complementary

#CDA23E #3EB1CD #5A3ECD

monochromatic

#73591E #A37F2A #CDA23E #DAB96F #E6D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CDA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23E	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)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd79',
    500: '#cda23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23e;
$custom-light: #e0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23E

secondary

#94A7D3

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23E

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

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