#CDA43F#CDA43F

#CDA43F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.126 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA43F
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 4.59, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 56.20, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.008 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.126 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3517, 39.8915, 10.3288)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA43F #3F68CD

analogous

#CD5D3F #CDA43F #AFCD3F

triadic

#CDA43F #3FCDA4 #A43FCD

tetradic

#CDA43F #3FCD5D #3F68CD #CD3FAF

square

#CDA43F #3FCD5D #3F68CD #CD3FAF

split-complementary

#CDA43F #3FAFCD #5D3FCD

monochromatic

#745B1E #A4812B #CDA43F #DABB70 #E6D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CDA43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA43F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA43F	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)

#B7A332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.126 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be79',
    500: '#cda43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda43f;
$custom-light: #e0be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73787,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA43F

secondary

#95A7D3

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA43F

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

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