#CDA55B#CDA55B

#CDA55B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA55B
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 5.94, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 43.89, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0155 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.104 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5222, 40.6471, 15.6068)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA55B #5B83CD

analogous

#CD6C5B #CDA55B #BCCD5B

triadic

#CDA55B #5BCDA5 #A55BCD

tetradic

#CDA55B #5BCD6C #5B83CD #CD5BBC

square

#CDA55B #5BCD6C #5B83CD #CD5BBC

split-complementary

#CDA55B #5BBCCD #6C5BCD

monochromatic

#856529 #B48837 #CDA55B #DBBF8A #EAD8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#CDA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA55B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA55B	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf8b',
    500: '#cda55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda55b;
$custom-light: #dfbf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74298,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA55B

secondary

#ABBBD9

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA55B

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

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