#CDA436#CDA436

#CDA436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA436
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 4.14, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 59.78, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0056 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.132 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1205, 39.7990, 9.1108)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA436 #365FCD

analogous

#CD5936 #CDA436 #AACD36

triadic

#CDA436 #36CDA4 #A436CD

tetradic

#CDA436 #36CD59 #365FCD #CD36AA

square

#CDA436 #36CD59 #365FCD #CD36AA

split-complementary

#CDA436 #36AACD #5936CD

monochromatic

#6D571B #9E7E27 #CDA436 #D9BA67 #E5D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#CDA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA436

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA436	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1be74',
    500: '#cda436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda436;
$custom-light: #e1be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73714,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA436

secondary

#8EA0D1

accent

#70E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA436

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

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