#CDA255#CDA255

#CDA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA255
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 7.08, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 46.03, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0181 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.108 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7389, 39.4782, 14.1195)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA255 #5580CD

analogous

#CD6655 #CDA255 #BCCD55

triadic

#CDA255 #55CDA2 #A255CD

tetradic

#CDA255 #55CD66 #5580CD #CD55BC

square

#CDA255 #55CD66 #5580CD #CD55BC

split-complementary

#CDA255 #55BCCD #6655CD

monochromatic

#826126 #B18434 #CDA255 #DBBC84 #E9D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CDA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA255

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA255	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd87',
    500: '#cda255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda255;
$custom-light: #dfbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA255

secondary

#A6B8D7

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA255

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

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