#CDA740#CDA740

#CDA740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA740
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 3.04, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 56.47, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0037 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.127 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9232, 40.9892, 10.6584)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA740 #4066CD

analogous

#CD6140 #CDA740 #ACCD40

triadic

#CDA740 #40CDA7 #A740CD

tetradic

#CDA740 #40CD61 #4066CD #CD40AC

square

#CDA740 #40CD61 #4066CD #CD40AC

split-complementary

#CDA740 #40ACCD #6140CD

monochromatic

#745D1E #A5842B #CDA740 #DABD71 #E6D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CDA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA740

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA740	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c07a',
    500: '#cda740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda740;
$custom-light: #e0c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA740

secondary

#96A6D3

accent

#70E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA740

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

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