#CDA442#CDA442

#CDA442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.124 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA442
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 4.76, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 54.95, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0089 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.124 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4379, 39.9259, 10.7825)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA442 #426BCD

analogous

#CD5E42 #CDA442 #B0CD42

triadic

#CDA442 #42CDA4 #A442CD

tetradic

#CDA442 #42CD5E #426BCD #CD42B0

square

#CDA442 #42CD5E #426BCD #CD42B0

split-complementary

#CDA442 #42B0CD #5E42CD

monochromatic

#765C1F #A6822C #CDA442 #DABB72 #E7D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CDA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CDA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA442

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA442	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.124 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be7b',
    500: '#cda442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda442;
$custom-light: #e0be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73814,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA442

secondary

#97A9D3

accent

#74E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA442

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

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