#CDA642#CDA642

#CDA642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA642
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 3.68, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 55.40, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0058 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.125 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7986, 40.6474, 10.9027)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA642 #4269CD

analogous

#CD6042 #CDA642 #AFCD42

triadic

#CDA642 #42CDA6 #A642CD

tetradic

#CDA642 #42CD60 #4269CD #CD42AF

square

#CDA642 #42CD60 #4269CD #CD42AF

split-complementary

#CDA642 #42AFCD #6042CD

monochromatic

#765D1F #A6842C #CDA642 #DABD72 #E7D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#CDA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA642

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA642	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)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c07b',
    500: '#cda642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda642;
$custom-light: #e0c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA642

secondary

#97A8D3

accent

#72E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA642

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

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