#CDA340#CDA340

#CDA340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA340
RGB	rgb(205, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 5.18, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 55.57, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0099 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.125 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2017, 39.5463, 10.4179)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA340 #406ACD

analogous

#CD5D40 #CDA340 #B0CD40

triadic

#CDA340 #40CDA3 #A340CD

tetradic

#CDA340 #40CD5D #406ACD #CD40B0

square

#CDA340 #40CD5D #406ACD #CD40B0

split-complementary

#CDA340 #40B0CD #5D40CD

monochromatic

#745B1E #A5802B #CDA340 #DABA71 #E6D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CDA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA340

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA340	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)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be7a',
    500: '#cda340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda340;
$custom-light: #e0be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA340

secondary

#96A8D3

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA340

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

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