#CDA557#CDA557

#CDA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA557
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 5.62, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 45.76, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0141 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.107 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3542, 40.5799, 14.7222)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA557 #577FCD

analogous

#CD6A57 #CDA557 #BACD57

triadic

#CDA557 #57CDA5 #A557CD

tetradic

#CDA557 #57CD6A #577FCD #CD57BA

square

#CDA557 #57CD6A #577FCD #CD57BA

split-complementary

#CDA557 #57BACD #6A57CD

monochromatic

#836427 #B28835 #CDA557 #DBBE86 #E9D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CDA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA557

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA557	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf88',
    500: '#cda557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda557;
$custom-light: #dfbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74246,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA557

secondary

#A8B8D8

accent

#7CDD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA557

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

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