#CDA53B#CDA53B

#CDA53B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA53B
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 3.85, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 58.05, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0054 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.129 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4237, 40.2077, 9.8212)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA53B #3B63CD

analogous

#CD5C3B #CDA53B #ACCD3B

triadic

#CDA53B #3BCDA5 #A53BCD

tetradic

#CDA53B #3BCD5C #3B63CD #CD3BAC

square

#CDA53B #3BCD5C #3B63CD #CD3BAC

split-complementary

#CDA53B #3BACCD #5C3BCD

monochromatic

#715A1D #A28129 #CDA53B #D9BB6C #E6D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CDA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA53B

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA53B	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)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf77',
    500: '#cda53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda53b;
$custom-light: #e0bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.562,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA53B

secondary

#92A3D2

accent

#70E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA53B

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

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