#CDA751#CDA751

#CDA751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA751
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 4.11, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 49.02, 85.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0089 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.114 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4828, 41.2130, 13.6056)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA751 #5177CD

analogous

#CD6951 #CDA751 #B5CD51

triadic

#CDA751 #51CDA7 #A751CD

tetradic

#CDA751 #51CD69 #5177CD #CD51B5

square

#CDA751 #51CD69 #5177CD #CD51B5

split-complementary

#CDA751 #51B5CD #6951CD

monochromatic

#7F6325 #AF8832 #CDA751 #DBBF81 #E8D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CDA751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA751

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA751	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc085',
    500: '#cda751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda751;
$custom-light: #dfc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74574,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA751

secondary

#A3B3D7

accent

#77DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA751

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

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