#CDA45F#CDA45F

#CDA45F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA45F
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 95)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 6.81, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 41.77, 80.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0186 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.1 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5197, 40.3587, 16.4800)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA45F #5F88CD

analogous

#CD6D5F #CDA45F #BFCD5F

triadic

#CDA45F #5FCDA4 #A45FCD

tetradic

#CDA45F #5FCD6D #5F88CD #CD5FBF

square

#CDA45F #5FCD6D #5F88CD #CD5FBF

split-complementary

#CDA45F #5FBFCD #6D5FCD

monochromatic

#87652A #B68739 #CDA45F #DCBF8E #EAD9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#CDA45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA45F

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA45F	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8e',
    500: '#cda45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda45f;
$custom-light: #dfbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74155,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA45F

secondary

#AEBEDA

accent

#82DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA45F

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

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