#CDA252#CDA252

#CDA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA252
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 6.86, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 47.42, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0171 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.111 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6222, 39.4315, 13.5051)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA252 #527DCD

analogous

#CD6552 #CDA252 #BBCD52

triadic

#CDA252 #52CDA2 #A252CD

tetradic

#CDA252 #52CD65 #527DCD #CD52BB

square

#CDA252 #52CD65 #527DCD #CD52BB

split-complementary

#CDA252 #52BBCD #6552CD

monochromatic

#806025 #AF8433 #CDA252 #DBBC81 #E8D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CDA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA252

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA252	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd85',
    500: '#cda252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda252;
$custom-light: #dfbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA252

secondary

#A4B6D7

accent

#7DDE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA252

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

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