#CDA561#CDA561

#CDA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA561
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 6.44, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 41.04, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0177 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.098 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7914, 40.7548, 17.0249)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA561 #6189CD

analogous

#CD6F61 #CDA561 #BFCD61

triadic

#CDA561 #61CDA5 #A561CD

tetradic

#CDA561 #61CD6F #6189CD #CD61BF

square

#CDA561 #61CD6F #6189CD #CD61BF

split-complementary

#CDA561 #61BFCD #6F61CD

monochromatic

#88662B #B7893A #CDA561 #DCBF8F #EADABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CDA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CDA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA561

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA561	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf8f',
    500: '#cda561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda561;
$custom-light: #dfbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74383,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA561

secondary

#B0BFDA

accent

#81DB4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA561

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

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