#CDA556#CDA556

#CDA556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA556
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 5.55, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 46.23, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0137 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.108 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3136, 40.5637, 14.5085)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA556 #567ECD

analogous

#CD6A56 #CDA556 #BACD56

triadic

#CDA556 #56CDA5 #A556CD

tetradic

#CDA556 #56CD6A #567ECD #CD56BA

square

#CDA556 #56CD6A #567ECD #CD56BA

split-complementary

#CDA556 #56BACD #6A56CD

monochromatic

#826326 #B18734 #CDA556 #DBBE85 #E9D7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CDA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA556

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA556	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf88',
    500: '#cda556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda556;
$custom-light: #dfbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA556

secondary

#A7B7D8

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA556

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

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