#CDA43E#CDA43E

#CDA43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.127 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA43E
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 4.54, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 56.61, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0077 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.127 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3241, 39.8804, 10.1830)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA43E #3E67CD

analogous

#CD5C3E #CDA43E #AFCD3E

triadic

#CDA43E #3ECDA4 #A43ECD

tetradic

#CDA43E #3ECD5C #3E67CD #CD3EAF

square

#CDA43E #3ECD5C #3E67CD #CD3EAF

split-complementary

#CDA43E #3EAFCD #5C3ECD

monochromatic

#735A1E #A3812A #CDA43E #DABB6F #E6D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CDA43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA43E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA43E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.127 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be79',
    500: '#cda43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda43e;
$custom-light: #e0be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA43E

secondary

#94A6D3

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA43E

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

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