#CDA849#CDA849

#CDA849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.121 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA849
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 3.03, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 52.87, 86.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0048 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.121 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3842, 41.4679, 12.1790)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA849 #496ECD

analogous

#CD6649 #CDA849 #B0CD49

triadic

#CDA849 #49CDA8 #A849CD

tetradic

#CDA849 #49CD66 #496ECD #CD49B0

square

#CDA849 #49CD66 #496ECD #CD49B0

split-complementary

#CDA849 #49B0CD #6649CD

monochromatic

#7A6122 #AA882F #CDA849 #DABF79 #E7D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CDA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#CDA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA849

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA849	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.121 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c180',
    500: '#cda849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda849;
$custom-light: #e0c180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA849

secondary

#9DADD5

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA849

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

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