#CDA742#CDA742

#CDA742 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.125 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA742
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 3.15, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 55.64, 86.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0042 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.125 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9811, 41.0124, 10.9635)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA742 #4268CD

analogous

#CD6142 #CDA742 #ADCD42

triadic

#CDA742 #42CDA7 #A742CD

tetradic

#CDA742 #42CD61 #4268CD #CD42AD

square

#CDA742 #42CD61 #4268CD #CD42AD

split-complementary

#CDA742 #42ADCD #6142CD

monochromatic

#765E1F #A6852C #CDA742 #DABE72 #E7D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#CDA742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA742

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA742	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)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.125 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c07b',
    500: '#cda742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda742;
$custom-light: #e0c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74418,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA742

secondary

#97A8D3

accent

#71E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA742

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

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