#CDA55E#CDA55E

#CDA55E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA55E
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 6.19, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 42.47, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0166 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.101 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6542, 40.6999, 16.3021)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA55E #5E86CD

analogous

#CD6D5E #CDA55E #BECD5E

triadic

#CDA55E #5ECDA5 #A55ECD

tetradic

#CDA55E #5ECD6D #5E86CD #CD5EBE

square

#CDA55E #5ECD6D #5E86CD #CD5EBE

split-complementary

#CDA55E #5EBECD #6D5ECD

monochromatic

#87652A #B58838 #CDA55E #DCBF8D #EAD9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#CDA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA55E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA55E	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf8d',
    500: '#cda55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda55e;
$custom-light: #dfbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.378,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7434,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA55E

secondary

#ADBDD9

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA55E

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

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