#CDA74C#CDA74C

#CDA74C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA74C
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 3.76, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 51.29, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0073 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.118 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3021, 41.1408, 12.6543)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA74C #4C72CD

analogous

#CD674C #CDA74C #B2CD4C

triadic

#CDA74C #4CCDA7 #A74CCD

tetradic

#CDA74C #4CCD67 #4C72CD #CD4CB2

square

#CDA74C #4CCD67 #4C72CD #CD4CB2

split-complementary

#CDA74C #4CB2CD #674CCD

monochromatic

#7C6223 #AC8730 #CDA74C #DABF7C #E8D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CDA74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA74C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA74C	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)

#B9A642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c081',
    500: '#cda74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda74c;
$custom-light: #e0c081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA74C

secondary

#9FAFD5

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA74C

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

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