#CDA461#CDA461

#CDA461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA461
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 6.98, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 40.83, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0193 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.098 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6118, 40.3955, 16.9650)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA461 #618ACD

analogous

#CD6E61 #CDA461 #C0CD61

triadic

#CDA461 #61CDA4 #A461CD

tetradic

#CDA461 #61CD6E #618ACD #CD61C0

square

#CDA461 #61CD6E #618ACD #CD61C0

split-complementary

#CDA461 #61C0CD #6E61CD

monochromatic

#88652B #B7873A #CDA461 #DCBF8F #EADABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#CDA461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA461

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA461	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8f',
    500: '#cda461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda461;
$custom-light: #dfbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA461

secondary

#B0C0DA

accent

#83DB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA461

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

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