#CDA53C#CDA53C

#CDA53C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA53C
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 3.90, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 57.65, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0056 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.129 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4498, 40.2182, 9.9591)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA53C #3C64CD

analogous

#CD5C3C #CDA53C #ADCD3C

triadic

#CDA53C #3CCDA5 #A53CCD

tetradic

#CDA53C #3CCD5C #3C64CD #CD3CAD

square

#CDA53C #3CCD5C #3C64CD #CD3CAD

split-complementary

#CDA53C #3CADCD #5C3CCD

monochromatic

#715A1D #A2812A #CDA53C #D9BB6D #E6D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#CDA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA53C

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA53C	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)

#B8A42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf78',
    500: '#cda53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda53c;
$custom-light: #e0bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA53C

secondary

#93A4D2

accent

#71E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA53C

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

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