#CDA43D#CDA43D

#CDA43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA43D
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 4.48, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 57.02, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0075 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.127 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2969, 39.8695, 10.0398)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA43D #3D66CD

analogous

#CD5C3D #CDA43D #AECD3D

triadic

#CDA43D #3DCDA4 #A43DCD

tetradic

#CDA43D #3DCD5C #3D66CD #CD3DAE

square

#CDA43D #3DCD5C #3D66CD #CD3DAE

split-complementary

#CDA43D #3DAECD #5C3DCD

monochromatic

#725A1D #A3802A #CDA43D #DABB6E #E6D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CDA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA43D

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA43D	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)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be78',
    500: '#cda43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda43d;
$custom-light: #e0be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA43D

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA43D

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

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