#CDA55F#CDA55F

#CDA55F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA55F
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 95)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 6.27, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 41.99, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.017 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.1 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6994, 40.7180, 16.5399)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA55F #5F87CD

analogous

#CD6E5F #CDA55F #BECD5F

triadic

#CDA55F #5FCDA5 #A55FCD

tetradic

#CDA55F #5FCD6E #5F87CD #CD5FBE

square

#CDA55F #5FCD6E #5F87CD #CD5FBE

split-complementary

#CDA55F #5FBECD #6E5FCD

monochromatic

#87652A #B68839 #CDA55F #DCBF8E #EAD9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#CDA55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA55F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA55F	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)

#B6A559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf8e',
    500: '#cda55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda55f;
$custom-light: #dfbf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA55F

secondary

#AEBEDA

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA55F

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

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