#CDA83C#CDA83C

#CDA83C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA83C
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 2.29, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 58.34, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.001 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.13 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9973, 41.3131, 10.1416)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA83C #3C61CD

analogous

#CD603C #CDA83C #A9CD3C

triadic

#CDA83C #3CCDA8 #A83CCD

tetradic

#CDA83C #3CCD60 #3C61CD #CD3CA9

square

#CDA83C #3CCD60 #3C61CD #CD3CA9

split-complementary

#CDA83C #3CA9CD #603CCD

monochromatic

#715C1D #A2832A #CDA83C #D9BE6D #E6D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CDA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA83C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA83C	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c178',
    500: '#cda83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda83c;
$custom-light: #e0c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA83C

secondary

#93A3D2

accent

#6DE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA83C

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

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