#CDA462#CDA462

#CDA462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA462
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 7.07, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 40.35, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0197 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.097 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6587, 40.4143, 17.2121)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA462 #628BCD

analogous

#CD6F62 #CDA462 #C1CD62

triadic

#CDA462 #62CDA4 #A462CD

tetradic

#CDA462 #62CD6F #628BCD #CD62C1

square

#CDA462 #62CD6F #628BCD #CD62C1

split-complementary

#CDA462 #62C1CD #6F62CD

monochromatic

#89652C #B7883A #CDA462 #DCBF90 #EBDABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#CDA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA462

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA462	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)

#B4A55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe90',
    500: '#cda462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda462;
$custom-light: #dfbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.009,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA462

secondary

#B1C1DA

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA462

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

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