#CDA449#CDA449

#CDA449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA449
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 5.18, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 51.92, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.011 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.119 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6570, 40.0136, 11.9367)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA449 #4972CD

analogous

#CD6249 #CDA449 #B4CD49

triadic

#CDA449 #49CDA4 #A449CD

tetradic

#CDA449 #49CD62 #4972CD #CD49B4

square

#CDA449 #49CD62 #4972CD #CD49B4

split-complementary

#CDA449 #49B4CD #6249CD

monochromatic

#7A5F22 #AA842F #CDA449 #DABC79 #E7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CDA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA449

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA449	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be7f',
    500: '#cda449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda449;
$custom-light: #e0be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA449

secondary

#9DAED5

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA449

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

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