#CDA549#CDA549

#CDA549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.119 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA549
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 4.64, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 52.14, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0094 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.119 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8367, 40.3729, 11.9966)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA549 #4971CD

analogous

#CD6349 #CDA549 #B3CD49

triadic

#CDA549 #49CDA5 #A549CD

tetradic

#CDA549 #49CD63 #4971CD #CD49B3

square

#CDA549 #49CD63 #4971CD #CD49B3

split-complementary

#CDA549 #49B3CD #6349CD

monochromatic

#7A5F22 #AA852F #CDA549 #DABD79 #E7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#CDA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA549

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA549	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)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.119 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf7f',
    500: '#cda549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda549;
$custom-light: #e0bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74084,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA549

secondary

#9DAED5

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA549

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

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