#CDA54E#CDA54E

#CDA54E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA54E
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 4.97, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 49.91, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.011 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.115 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0092, 40.4419, 12.9050)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA54E #4E76CD

analogous

#CD654E #CDA54E #B6CD4E

triadic

#CDA54E #4ECDA5 #A54ECD

tetradic

#CDA54E #4ECD65 #4E76CD #CD4EB6

square

#CDA54E #4ECD65 #4E76CD #CD4EB6

split-complementary

#CDA54E #4EB6CD #654ECD

monochromatic

#7D6123 #AD8631 #CDA54E #DABD7E #E8D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CDA54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA54E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA54E	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf83',
    500: '#cda54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda54e;
$custom-light: #e0bf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.102,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74138,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA54E

secondary

#A1B2D6

accent

#78DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA54E

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

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