#CDA459#CDA459

#CDA459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA459
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 6.32, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 44.60, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0164 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.105 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2574, 40.2537, 15.0986)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA459 #5982CD

analogous

#CD6A59 #CDA459 #BCCD59

triadic

#CDA459 #59CDA4 #A459CD

tetradic

#CDA459 #59CD6A #5982CD #CD59BC

square

#CDA459 #59CD6A #5982CD #CD59BC

split-complementary

#CDA459 #59BCCD #6A59CD

monochromatic

#846328 #B38736 #CDA459 #DBBE88 #E9D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA459

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA459	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8a',
    500: '#cda459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda459;
$custom-light: #dfbe8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.793,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74072,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA459

secondary

#AABAD8

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA459

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

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