#CDA44A#CDA44A

#CDA44A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA44A
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 5.24, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 51.47, 84.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0113 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.118 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6905, 40.0270, 12.1127)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA44A #4A73CD

analogous

#CD624A #CDA44A #B5CD4A

triadic

#CDA44A #4ACDA4 #A44ACD

tetradic

#CDA44A #4ACD62 #4A73CD #CD4AB5

square

#CDA44A #4ACD62 #4A73CD #CD4AB5

split-complementary

#CDA44A #4AB5CD #624ACD

monochromatic

#7B5F22 #AB842F #CDA44A #DABC7A #E7D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CDA44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA44A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA44A	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)

#B6A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be80',
    500: '#cda44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda44a;
$custom-light: #e0be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.221,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA44A

secondary

#9EAFD5

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA44A

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

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