#CDA259#CDA259

#CDA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA259
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 7.39, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 44.17, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0195 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.104 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9023, 39.5435, 14.9802)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA259 #5984CD

analogous

#CD6859 #CDA259 #BECD59

triadic

#CDA259 #59CDA2 #A259CD

tetradic

#CDA259 #59CD68 #5984CD #CD59BE

square

#CDA259 #59CD68 #5984CD #CD59BE

split-complementary

#CDA259 #59BECD #6859CD

monochromatic

#846228 #B38536 #CDA259 #DBBC88 #E9D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CDA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA259

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA259	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd8a',
    500: '#cda259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda259;
$custom-light: #dfbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA259

secondary

#AABBD8

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA259

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

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