#CDA542#CDA542

#CDA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.124 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA542
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 4.22, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 55.17, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0073 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.124 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6175, 40.2853, 10.8424)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA542 #426ACD

analogous

#CD5F42 #CDA542 #AFCD42

triadic

#CDA542 #42CDA5 #A542CD

tetradic

#CDA542 #42CD5F #426ACD #CD42AF

square

#CDA542 #42CD5F #426ACD #CD42AF

split-complementary

#CDA542 #42AFCD #5F42CD

monochromatic

#765D1F #A6832C #CDA542 #DABC72 #E7D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CDA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA542

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA542	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.124 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7b',
    500: '#cda542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda542;
$custom-light: #e0bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA542

secondary

#97A9D3

accent

#73E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA542

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

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