#CDA738#CDA738

#CDA738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA738
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 2.63, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 59.68, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0015 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.132 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7116, 40.9046, 9.5444)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA738 #385ECD

analogous

#CD5C38 #CDA738 #A8CD38

triadic

#CDA738 #38CDA7 #A738CD

tetradic

#CDA738 #38CD5C #385ECD #CD38A8

square

#CDA738 #38CD5C #385ECD #CD38A8

split-complementary

#CDA738 #38A8CD #5C38CD

monochromatic

#6F5A1C #A08128 #CDA738 #D9BD69 #E6D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CDA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#CDA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA738

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA738	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c076',
    500: '#cda738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda738;
$custom-light: #e0c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.698,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74335,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA738

secondary

#8FA0D1

accent

#6DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA738

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

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