#CDA74B#CDA74B

#CDA74B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA74B
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 75)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 3.70, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 51.73, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0069 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.119 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2676, 41.1270, 12.4726)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA74B #4B71CD

analogous

#CD664B #CDA74B #B2CD4B

triadic

#CDA74B #4BCDA7 #A74BCD

tetradic

#CDA74B #4BCD66 #4B71CD #CD4BB2

square

#CDA74B #4BCD66 #4B71CD #CD4BB2

split-complementary

#CDA74B #4BB2CD #664BCD

monochromatic

#7B6122 #AB8730 #CDA74B #DABE7B #E8D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CDA74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA74B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA74B	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c081',
    500: '#cda74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda74b;
$custom-light: #e0c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA74B

secondary

#9FAFD5

accent

#74E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA74B

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

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