#CDA240#CDA240

#CDA240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA240
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 5.72, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 55.36, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0114 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.124 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0248, 39.1926, 10.3590)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA240 #406BCD

analogous

#CD5B40 #CDA240 #B1CD40

triadic

#CDA240 #40CDA2 #A240CD

tetradic

#CDA240 #40CD5B #406BCD #CD40B1

square

#CDA240 #40CD5B #406BCD #CD40B1

split-complementary

#CDA240 #40B1CD #5B40CD

monochromatic

#745A1E #A5802B #CDA240 #DABA71 #E6D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CDA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#CDA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA240

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA240	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)

#B5A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd7a',
    500: '#cda240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda240;
$custom-light: #e0bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA240

secondary

#96A8D3

accent

#76E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA240

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

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