#CDA257#CDA257

#CDA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA257
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 7.24, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 45.11, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0188 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.106 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8195, 39.5104, 14.5439)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA257 #5782CD

analogous

#CD6757 #CDA257 #BDCD57

triadic

#CDA257 #57CDA2 #A257CD

tetradic

#CDA257 #57CD67 #5782CD #CD57BD

square

#CDA257 #57CD67 #5782CD #CD57BD

split-complementary

#CDA257 #57BDCD #6757CD

monochromatic

#836127 #B28435 #CDA257 #DBBC86 #E9D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CDA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA257

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA257	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)

#B4A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd88',
    500: '#cda257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda257;
$custom-light: #dfbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73648,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA257

secondary

#A8B9D8

accent

#80DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA257

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

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