#CDA43C#CDA43C

#CDA43C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.128 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA43C
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 4.43, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 57.43, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0072 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.128 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2702, 39.8589, 9.8992)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA43C #3C65CD

analogous

#CD5B3C #CDA43C #AECD3C

triadic

#CDA43C #3CCDA4 #A43CCD

tetradic

#CDA43C #3CCD5B #3C65CD #CD3CAE

square

#CDA43C #3CCD5B #3C65CD #CD3CAE

split-complementary

#CDA43C #3CAECD #5B3CCD

monochromatic

#715A1D #A2802A #CDA43C #D9BB6D #E6D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CDA43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA43C

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA43C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.128 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be78',
    500: '#cda43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda43c;
$custom-light: #e0be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.034,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73761,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA43C

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#72E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA43C

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

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