#CDA53D#CDA53D

#CDA53D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA53D
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 3.95, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 57.24, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0059 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.128 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4765, 40.2289, 10.0997)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA53D #3D65CD

analogous

#CD5D3D #CDA53D #ADCD3D

triadic

#CDA53D #3DCDA5 #A53DCD

tetradic

#CDA53D #3DCD5D #3D65CD #CD3DAD

square

#CDA53D #3DCD5D #3D65CD #CD3DAD

split-complementary

#CDA53D #3DADCD #5D3DCD

monochromatic

#725B1D #A3812A #CDA53D #DABC6E #E6D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA53D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA53D	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf78',
    500: '#cda53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda53d;
$custom-light: #e0bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73971,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA53D

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA53D

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

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