#CDA53E#CDA53E

#CDA53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA53E
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 4.00, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 56.84, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0062 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.127 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5037, 40.2397, 10.2429)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA53E #3E66CD

analogous

#CD5E3E #CDA53E #ADCD3E

triadic

#CDA53E #3ECDA5 #A53ECD

tetradic

#CDA53E #3ECD5E #3E66CD #CD3EAD

square

#CDA53E #3ECD5E #3E66CD #CD3EAD

split-complementary

#CDA53E #3EADCD #5E3ECD

monochromatic

#735B1E #A3822A #CDA53E #DABC6F #E6D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA53E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA53E	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)

#B8A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf79',
    500: '#cda53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda53e;
$custom-light: #e0bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA53E

secondary

#94A6D3

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA53E

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

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