#CDA357#CDA357

#CDA357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA357
RGB	rgb(205, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 6.70, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 45.32, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0172 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.107 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9963, 39.8641, 14.6029)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA357 #5781CD

analogous

#CD6857 #CDA357 #BCCD57

triadic

#CDA357 #57CDA3 #A357CD

tetradic

#CDA357 #57CD68 #5781CD #CD57BC

square

#CDA357 #57CD68 #5781CD #CD57BC

split-complementary

#CDA357 #57BCCD #6857CD

monochromatic

#836227 #B28535 #CDA357 #DBBD86 #E9D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CDA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA357

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA357	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe88',
    500: '#cda357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda357;
$custom-light: #dfbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA357

secondary

#A8B9D8

accent

#7FDD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA357

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

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