#CDA63E#CDA63E

#CDA63E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA63E
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 3.47, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 57.06, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0046 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.128 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6848, 40.6019, 10.3032)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA63E #3E65CD

analogous

#CD5E3E #CDA63E #ADCD3E

triadic

#CDA63E #3ECDA6 #A63ECD

tetradic

#CDA63E #3ECD5E #3E65CD #CD3EAD

square

#CDA63E #3ECD5E #3E65CD #CD3EAD

split-complementary

#CDA63E #3EADCD #5E3ECD

monochromatic

#735C1E #A3822A #CDA63E #DABC6F #E6D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#CDA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA63E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA63E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c079',
    500: '#cda63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda63e;
$custom-light: #e0c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA63E

secondary

#94A5D3

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA63E

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

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