#CDA535#CDA535

#CDA535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA535
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 3.56, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 60.37, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0039 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.133 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2769, 40.1490, 9.0483)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA535 #355DCD

analogous

#CD5935 #CDA535 #A9CD35

triadic

#CDA535 #35CDA5 #A535CD

tetradic

#CDA535 #35CD59 #355DCD #CD35A9

square

#CDA535 #35CD59 #355DCD #CD35A9

split-complementary

#CDA535 #35A9CD #5935CD

monochromatic

#6D571B #9E7F27 #CDA535 #D9BB66 #E5D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CDA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA535

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA535	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bf74',
    500: '#cda535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda535;
$custom-light: #e1bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA535

secondary

#8D9FD1

accent

#6EE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA535

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

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