#CDA539#CDA539

#CDA539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA539
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 3.75, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 58.84, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0049 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3728, 40.1874, 9.5533)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA539 #3961CD

analogous

#CD5B39 #CDA539 #ABCD39

triadic

#CDA539 #39CDA5 #A539CD

tetradic

#CDA539 #39CD5B #3961CD #CD39AB

square

#CDA539 #39CD5B #3961CD #CD39AB

split-complementary

#CDA539 #39ABCD #5B39CD

monochromatic

#6F591C #A08028 #CDA539 #D9BB6A #E6D19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CDA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA539

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA539	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf76',
    500: '#cda539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda539;
$custom-light: #e0bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73938,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA539

secondary

#90A2D2

accent

#70E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA539

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

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