#CDA649#CDA649

#CDA649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA649
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 4.10, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 52.38, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0079 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.12 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0178, 40.7351, 12.0569)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA649 #4970CD

analogous

#CD6449 #CDA649 #B2CD49

triadic

#CDA649 #49CDA6 #A649CD

tetradic

#CDA649 #49CD64 #4970CD #CD49B2

square

#CDA649 #49CD64 #4970CD #CD49B2

split-complementary

#CDA649 #49B2CD #6449CD

monochromatic

#7A6022 #AA862F #CDA649 #DABD79 #E7D5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CDA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CDA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA649

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA649	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c07f',
    500: '#cda649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda649;
$custom-light: #e0c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA649

secondary

#9DADD5

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA649

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

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