#CDA44B#CDA44B

#CDA44B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA44B
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 5.30, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 51.03, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0116 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.117 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7244, 40.0406, 12.2915)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA44B #4B74CD

analogous

#CD634B #CDA44B #B5CD4B

triadic

#CDA44B #4BCDA4 #A44BCD

tetradic

#CDA44B #4BCD63 #4B74CD #CD4BB5

square

#CDA44B #4BCD63 #4B74CD #CD4BB5

split-complementary

#CDA44B #4BB5CD #634BCD

monochromatic

#7B5F22 #AB8430 #CDA44B #DABC7B #E8D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#CDA44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA44B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA44B	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be81',
    500: '#cda44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda44b;
$custom-light: #e0be81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73904,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA44B

secondary

#9FB0D5

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA44B

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

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