#CDA538#CDA538

#CDA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA538
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 3.70, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 59.23, 86.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0046 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.131 88)
XYZ	xyz(39.3481, 40.1775, 9.4232)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA538 #3860CD

analogous

#CD5A38 #CDA538 #AACD38

triadic

#CDA538 #38CDA5 #A538CD

tetradic

#CDA538 #38CD5A #3860CD #CD38AA

square

#CDA538 #38CD5A #3860CD #CD38AA

split-complementary

#CDA538 #38AACD #5A38CD

monochromatic

#6F591C #A08028 #CDA538 #D9BB69 #E6D19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CDA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA538

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA538	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf75',
    500: '#cda538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda538;
$custom-light: #e0bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7393,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.40175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA538

secondary

#8FA1D1

accent

#6FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA538

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

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