#CDA440#CDA440

#CDA440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA440
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 4.64, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 55.79, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0083 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.125 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3799, 39.9028, 10.4773)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA440 #4069CD

analogous

#CD5D40 #CDA440 #B0CD40

triadic

#CDA440 #40CDA4 #A440CD

tetradic

#CDA440 #40CD5D #4069CD #CD40B0

square

#CDA440 #40CD5D #4069CD #CD40B0

split-complementary

#CDA440 #40B0CD #5D40CD

monochromatic

#745B1E #A5812B #CDA440 #DABB71 #E6D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CDA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA440

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA440	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)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be7a',
    500: '#cda440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda440;
$custom-light: #e0be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA440

secondary

#96A8D3

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA440

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

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