#CDA251#CDA251

#CDA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA251
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 6.79, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 47.88, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0167 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.111 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5844, 39.4164, 13.3062)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA251 #517CCD

analogous

#CD6451 #CDA251 #BACD51

triadic

#CDA251 #51CDA2 #A251CD

tetradic

#CDA251 #51CD64 #517CCD #CD51BA

square

#CDA251 #51CD64 #517CCD #CD51BA

split-complementary

#CDA251 #51BACD #6451CD

monochromatic

#7F6025 #AF8332 #CDA251 #DBBB81 #E8D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#CDA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA251

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA251	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd84',
    500: '#cda251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda251;
$custom-light: #dfbd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73574,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA251

secondary

#A3B5D7

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA251

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

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