#CDA559#CDA559

#CDA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA559
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 5.78, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 44.83, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0148 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.106 82)
XYZ	xyz(40.4371, 40.6131, 15.1585)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA559 #5981CD

analogous

#CD6B59 #CDA559 #BBCD59

triadic

#CDA559 #59CDA5 #A559CD

tetradic

#CDA559 #59CD6B #5981CD #CD59BB

square

#CDA559 #59CD6B #5981CD #CD59BB

split-complementary

#CDA559 #59BBCD #6B59CD

monochromatic

#846428 #B38836 #CDA559 #DBBE88 #E9D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CDA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA559

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA559	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)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf8a',
    500: '#cda559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda559;
$custom-light: #dfbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA559

secondary

#AABAD8

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA559

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

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