#CDA261#CDA261

#CDA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA261
RGB	rgb(205, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 8.06, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 40.42, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0225 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.097 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2567, 39.6853, 16.8466)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA261 #618CCD

analogous

#CD6C61 #CDA261 #C2CD61

triadic

#CDA261 #61CDA2 #A261CD

tetradic

#CDA261 #61CD6C #618CCD #CD61C2

square

#CDA261 #61CD6C #618CCD #CD61C2

split-complementary

#CDA261 #61C2CD #6C61CD

monochromatic

#88632B #B7853A #CDA261 #DCBD8F #EAD9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CDA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CDA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA261

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA261	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd8f',
    500: '#cda261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda261;
$custom-light: #dfbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.111,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA261

secondary

#B0C1DA

accent

#85DB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA261

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

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