#CDA545#CDA545

#CDA545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.122 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA545
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 4.39, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 53.89, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0082 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.122 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7083, 40.3216, 11.3204)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA545 #456DCD

analogous

#CD6145 #CDA545 #B1CD45

triadic

#CDA545 #45CDA5 #A545CD

tetradic

#CDA545 #45CD61 #456DCD #CD45B1

square

#CDA545 #45CD61 #456DCD #CD45B1

split-complementary

#CDA545 #45B1CD #6145CD

monochromatic

#775E20 #A8842D #CDA545 #DABC75 #E7D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CDA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA545

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA545	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)

#B8A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.122 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7d',
    500: '#cda545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda545;
$custom-light: #e0bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA545

secondary

#9AABD4

accent

#74E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA545

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

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