#CDA342#CDA342

#CDA342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.123 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA342
RGB	rgb(205, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 5.29, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 54.73, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0104 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.123 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2596, 39.5694, 10.7230)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA342 #426CCD

analogous

#CD5E42 #CDA342 #B1CD42

triadic

#CDA342 #42CDA3 #A342CD

tetradic

#CDA342 #42CD5E #426CCD #CD42B1

square

#CDA342 #42CD5E #426CCD #CD42B1

split-complementary

#CDA342 #42B1CD #5E42CD

monochromatic

#765B1F #A6812C #CDA342 #DABB72 #E7D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#CDA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA342

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA342	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.123 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be7b',
    500: '#cda342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda342;
$custom-light: #e0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.871,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73614,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA342

secondary

#97AAD3

accent

#75E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA342

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

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