#CDA338#CDA338

#CDA338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA338
RGB	rgb(205, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 4.77, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 58.80, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0077 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.13 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9902, 39.4616, 9.3039)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA338 #3862CD

analogous

#CD5838 #CDA338 #ACCD38

triadic

#CDA338 #38CDA3 #A338CD

tetradic

#CDA338 #38CD58 #3862CD #CD38AC

square

#CDA338 #38CD58 #3862CD #CD38AC

split-complementary

#CDA338 #38ACCD #5838CD

monochromatic

#6F571C #A07E28 #CDA338 #D9BA69 #E6D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CDA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA338

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA338	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd75',
    500: '#cda338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda338;
$custom-light: #e1bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA338

secondary

#8FA2D1

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA338

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

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