#CDA451#CDA451

#CDA451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA451
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 5.71, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 48.31, 83.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0136 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.112 83)
XYZ	xyz(39.9395, 40.1266, 13.4245)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA451 #517ACD

analogous

#CD6651 #CDA451 #B8CD51

triadic

#CDA451 #51CDA4 #A451CD

tetradic

#CDA451 #51CD66 #517ACD #CD51B8

square

#CDA451 #51CD66 #517ACD #CD51B8

split-complementary

#CDA451 #51B8CD #6651CD

monochromatic

#7F6125 #AF8532 #CDA451 #DBBD81 #E8D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CDA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA451

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA451	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe84',
    500: '#cda451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda451;
$custom-light: #dfbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA451

secondary

#A3B4D7

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA451

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

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