#CDA23F#CDA23F

#CDA23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA23F
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 5.66, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 55.77, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0111 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.125 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9966, 39.1813, 10.2104)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA23F #3F6ACD

analogous

#CD5B3F #CDA23F #B1CD3F

triadic

#CDA23F #3FCDA2 #A23FCD

tetradic

#CDA23F #3FCD5B #3F6ACD #CD3FB1

square

#CDA23F #3FCD5B #3F6ACD #CD3FB1

split-complementary

#CDA23F #3FB1CD #5B3FCD

monochromatic

#745A1E #A47F2B #CDA23F #DABA70 #E6D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#CDA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA23F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA23F	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd79',
    500: '#cda23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda23f;
$custom-light: #e0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA23F

secondary

#95A8D3

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA23F

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

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