#CDA45B#CDA45B

#CDA45B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA45B
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 6.48, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 43.66, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0171 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.103 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3425, 40.2878, 15.5469)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA45B #5B84CD

analogous

#CD6B5B #CDA45B #BDCD5B

triadic

#CDA45B #5BCDA4 #A45BCD

tetradic

#CDA45B #5BCD6B #5B84CD #CD5BBD

square

#CDA45B #5BCD6B #5B84CD #CD5BBD

split-complementary

#CDA45B #5BBDCD #6B5BCD

monochromatic

#856429 #B48737 #CDA45B #DBBE8A #EAD8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CDA45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA45B

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA45B	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8b',
    500: '#cda45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda45b;
$custom-light: #dfbe8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA45B

secondary

#ABBCD9

accent

#7FDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA45B

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

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