#CDA536#CDA536

#CDA536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA536
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 3.61, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 60.00, 86.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0041 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.132 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3001, 40.1583, 9.1707)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA536 #365ECD

analogous

#CD5936 #CDA536 #A9CD36

triadic

#CDA536 #36CDA5 #A536CD

tetradic

#CDA536 #36CD59 #365ECD #CD36A9

square

#CDA536 #36CD59 #365ECD #CD36A9

split-complementary

#CDA536 #36A9CD #5936CD

monochromatic

#6D581B #9E7F27 #CDA536 #D9BB67 #E5D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CDA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CDA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA536

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA536	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)

#B8A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bf74',
    500: '#cda536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda536;
$custom-light: #e1bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA536

secondary

#8EA0D1

accent

#6FE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA536

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

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