#CDA840#CDA840

#CDA840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA840
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 2.51, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 56.71, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0021 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.127 89)
XYZ	xyz(40.1071, 41.3570, 10.7197)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA840 #4065CD

analogous

#CD6140 #CDA840 #ACCD40

triadic

#CDA840 #40CDA8 #A840CD

tetradic

#CDA840 #40CD61 #4065CD #CD40AC

square

#CDA840 #40CD61 #4065CD #CD40AC

split-complementary

#CDA840 #40ACCD #6140CD

monochromatic

#745E1E #A5852B #CDA840 #DABE71 #E6D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CDA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA840

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA840	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c17a',
    500: '#cda840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda840;
$custom-light: #e0c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74603,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA840

secondary

#96A6D3

accent

#6FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA840

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

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