#CDA456#CDA456

#CDA456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA456
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 6.08, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 46.00, 82.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0153 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.108 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1340, 40.2044, 14.4486)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA456 #567FCD

analogous

#CD6956 #CDA456 #BACD56

triadic

#CDA456 #56CDA4 #A456CD

tetradic

#CDA456 #56CD69 #567FCD #CD56BA

square

#CDA456 #56CD69 #567FCD #CD56BA

split-complementary

#CDA456 #56BACD #6956CD

monochromatic

#826326 #B18634 #CDA456 #DBBD85 #E9D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CDA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA456

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA456	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe88',
    500: '#cda456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda456;
$custom-light: #dfbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.328,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA456

secondary

#A7B8D8

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA456

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

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