#CDA242#CDA242

#CDA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA242
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 5.83, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 54.51, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.012 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.123 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0828, 39.2157, 10.6641)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA242 #426DCD

analogous

#CD5C42 #CDA242 #B2CD42

triadic

#CDA242 #42CDA2 #A242CD

tetradic

#CDA242 #42CD5C #426DCD #CD42B2

square

#CDA242 #42CD5C #426DCD #CD42B2

split-complementary

#CDA242 #42B2CD #5C42CD

monochromatic

#765B1F #A6802C #CDA242 #DABA72 #E7D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CDA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#CDA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA242

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA242	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B5A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd7b',
    500: '#cda242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda242;
$custom-light: #e0bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA242

secondary

#97AAD3

accent

#76E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA242

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

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