#CDA249#CDA249

#CDA249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA249
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 6.25, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 51.48, 83.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0141 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.118 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3019, 39.3034, 11.8183)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA249 #4974CD

analogous

#CD6049 #CDA249 #B6CD49

triadic

#CDA249 #49CDA2 #A249CD

tetradic

#CDA249 #49CD60 #4974CD #CD49B6

square

#CDA249 #49CD60 #4974CD #CD49B6

split-complementary

#CDA249 #49B6CD #6049CD

monochromatic

#7A5D22 #AA822F #CDA249 #DABB79 #E7D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CDA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CDA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA249

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA249	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd7f',
    500: '#cda249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda249;
$custom-light: #e0bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA249

secondary

#9DAFD5

accent

#79E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA249

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

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