#CDA550#CDA550

#CDA550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA550
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 5.11, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 49.00, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0117 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.113 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0820, 40.4710, 13.2884)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA550 #5078CD

analogous

#CD6650 #CDA550 #B6CD50

triadic

#CDA550 #50CDA5 #A550CD

tetradic

#CDA550 #50CD66 #5078CD #CD50B6

square

#CDA550 #50CD66 #5078CD #CD50B6

split-complementary

#CDA550 #50B6CD #6650CD

monochromatic

#7E6224 #AE8632 #CDA550 #DBBD80 #E8D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CDA550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CDA550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA550

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA550	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)

#B7A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf84',
    500: '#cda550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda550;
$custom-light: #dfbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74161,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA550

secondary

#A2B3D6

accent

#79DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA550

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

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