#CDA43B#CDA43B

#CDA43B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.129 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA43B
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 4.38, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 57.83, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0069 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.129 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2440, 39.8484, 9.7613)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA43B #3B64CD

analogous

#CD5B3B #CDA43B #ADCD3B

triadic

#CDA43B #3BCDA4 #A43BCD

tetradic

#CDA43B #3BCD5B #3B64CD #CD3BAD

square

#CDA43B #3BCD5B #3B64CD #CD3BAD

split-complementary

#CDA43B #3BADCD #5B3BCD

monochromatic

#71591D #A28029 #CDA43B #D9BB6C #E6D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CDA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA43B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA43B	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)

#B7A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.129 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be77',
    500: '#cda43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda43b;
$custom-light: #e0be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA43B

secondary

#92A4D2

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA43B

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

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