#CDA74E#CDA74E

#CDA74E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA74E
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 3.90, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 50.39, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0079 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.116 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3727, 41.1690, 13.0262)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA74E #4E74CD

analogous

#CD674E #CDA74E #B4CD4E

triadic

#CDA74E #4ECDA7 #A74ECD

tetradic

#CDA74E #4ECD67 #4E74CD #CD4EB4

square

#CDA74E #4ECD67 #4E74CD #CD4EB4

split-complementary

#CDA74E #4EB4CD #674ECD

monochromatic

#7D6223 #AD8831 #CDA74E #DABF7E #E8D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#CDA74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA74E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA74E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc083',
    500: '#cda74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda74e;
$custom-light: #dfc083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA74E

secondary

#A1B1D6

accent

#76DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA74E

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

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