#CDA842#CDA842

#CDA842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA842
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 2.62, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 55.88, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0027 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.126 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1650, 41.3802, 11.0248)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA842 #4267CD

analogous

#CD6242 #CDA842 #ACCD42

triadic

#CDA842 #42CDA8 #A842CD

tetradic

#CDA842 #42CD62 #4267CD #CD42AC

square

#CDA842 #42CD62 #4267CD #CD42AC

split-complementary

#CDA842 #42ACCD #6242CD

monochromatic

#765F1F #A6852C #CDA842 #DABE72 #E7D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CDA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#CDA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA842

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA842	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c17b',
    500: '#cda842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda842;
$custom-light: #e0c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.029,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA842

secondary

#97A7D3

accent

#70E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA842

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

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