#CDA737#CDA737

#CDA737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.133 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA737
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 2.59, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 60.06, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0013 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.133 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6874, 40.8949, 9.4168)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA737 #375DCD

analogous

#CD5C37 #CDA737 #A8CD37

triadic

#CDA737 #37CDA7 #A737CD

tetradic

#CDA737 #37CD5C #375DCD #CD37A8

square

#CDA737 #37CD5C #375DCD #CD37A8

split-complementary

#CDA737 #37A8CD #5C37CD

monochromatic

#6E591C #9F8128 #CDA737 #D9BD68 #E5D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CDA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CDA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA737

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA737	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.133 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c075',
    500: '#cda737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda737;
$custom-light: #e0c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74327,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA737

secondary

#8FA0D1

accent

#6DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA737

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

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