#CDA540#CDA540

#CDA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA540
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 4.11, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 56.01, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0068 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.126 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5596, 40.2621, 10.5372)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA540 #4068CD

analogous

#CD5F40 #CDA540 #AECD40

triadic

#CDA540 #40CDA5 #A540CD

tetradic

#CDA540 #40CD5F #4068CD #CD40AE

square

#CDA540 #40CD5F #4068CD #CD40AE

split-complementary

#CDA540 #40AECD #5F40CD

monochromatic

#745C1E #A5822B #CDA540 #DABC71 #E6D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA540

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA540	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7a',
    500: '#cda540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda540;
$custom-light: #e0bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA540

secondary

#96A7D3

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA540

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

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