#CDA548#CDA548

#CDA548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA548
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 4.58, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 52.58, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0091 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.12 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8038, 40.3598, 11.8234)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA548 #4870CD

analogous

#CD6348 #CDA548 #B3CD48

triadic

#CDA548 #48CDA5 #A548CD

tetradic

#CDA548 #48CD63 #4870CD #CD48B3

square

#CDA548 #48CD63 #4870CD #CD48B3

split-complementary

#CDA548 #48B3CD #6348CD

monochromatic

#795F21 #A9842E #CDA548 #DABD78 #E7D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#CDA548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA548

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA548	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7f',
    500: '#cda548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda548;
$custom-light: #e0bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74074,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA548

secondary

#9CADD5

accent

#75E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA548

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

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