#CDA438#CDA438

#CDA438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA438
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 4.24, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 59.01, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0062 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.131 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1684, 39.8182, 9.3633)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA438 #3861CD

analogous

#CD5938 #CDA438 #ABCD38

triadic

#CDA438 #38CDA4 #A438CD

tetradic

#CDA438 #38CD59 #3861CD #CD38AB

square

#CDA438 #38CD59 #3861CD #CD38AB

split-complementary

#CDA438 #38ABCD #5938CD

monochromatic

#6F581C #A07F28 #CDA438 #D9BA69 #E6D19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#CDA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA438

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA438	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)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1be75',
    500: '#cda438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda438;
$custom-light: #e1be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA438

secondary

#8FA2D1

accent

#70E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA438

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

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