#CDA53F#CDA53F

#CDA53F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA53F
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 4.05, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 56.42, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0065 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.127 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5314, 40.2508, 10.3887)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA53F #3F67CD

analogous

#CD5E3F #CDA53F #AECD3F

triadic

#CDA53F #3FCDA5 #A53FCD

tetradic

#CDA53F #3FCD5E #3F67CD #CD3FAE

square

#CDA53F #3FCD5E #3F67CD #CD3FAE

split-complementary

#CDA53F #3FAECD #5E3FCD

monochromatic

#745B1E #A4822B #CDA53F #DABC70 #E6D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA53F

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA53F	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)

#B8A432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf79',
    500: '#cda53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda53f;
$custom-light: #e0bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.099,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA53F

secondary

#95A6D3

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA53F

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

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