#CDA659#CDA659

#CDA659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA659
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 5.24, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 45.06, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0132 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.106 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6181, 40.9752, 15.2188)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA659 #5980CD

analogous

#CD6C59 #CDA659 #BACD59

triadic

#CDA659 #59CDA6 #A659CD

tetradic

#CDA659 #59CD6C #5980CD #CD59BA

square

#CDA659 #59CD6C #5980CD #CD59BA

split-complementary

#CDA659 #59BACD #6C59CD

monochromatic

#846528 #B38936 #CDA659 #DBBF88 #E9D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#CDA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA659

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA659	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc08a',
    500: '#cda659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda659;
$custom-light: #dfc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA659

secondary

#AAB9D8

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA659

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

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