#CDA541#CDA541

#CDA541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA541
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 4.16, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 55.59, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.007 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.125 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5883, 40.2736, 10.6884)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA541 #4169CD

analogous

#CD5F41 #CDA541 #AFCD41

triadic

#CDA541 #41CDA5 #A541CD

tetradic

#CDA541 #41CD5F #4169CD #CD41AF

square

#CDA541 #41CD5F #4169CD #CD41AF

split-complementary

#CDA541 #41AFCD #5F41CD

monochromatic

#755C1F #A5822C #CDA541 #DABC71 #E6D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CDA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA541

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA541	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)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7b',
    500: '#cda541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda541;
$custom-light: #e0bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA541

secondary

#97A8D3

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA541

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

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