#CDA74A#CDA74A

#CDA74A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA74A
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 3.63, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 52.18, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0066 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.119 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2337, 41.1134, 12.2938)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA74A #4A70CD

analogous

#CD654A #CDA74A #B2CD4A

triadic

#CDA74A #4ACDA7 #A74ACD

tetradic

#CDA74A #4ACD65 #4A70CD #CD4AB2

square

#CDA74A #4ACD65 #4A70CD #CD4AB2

split-complementary

#CDA74A #4AB2CD #654ACD

monochromatic

#7B6122 #AB872F #CDA74A #DABE7A #E7D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#CDA74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA74A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA74A	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c080',
    500: '#cda74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda74a;
$custom-light: #e0c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.595,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74497,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA74A

secondary

#9EAED5

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA74A

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

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