#CDA940#CDA940

#CDA940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA940
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 1.97, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 56.96, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0006 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.128 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2924, 41.7277, 10.7815)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA940 #4064CD

analogous

#CD6340 #CDA940 #AACD40

triadic

#CDA940 #40CDA9 #A940CD

tetradic

#CDA940 #40CD63 #4064CD #CD40AA

square

#CDA940 #40CD63 #4064CD #CD40AA

split-complementary

#CDA940 #40AACD #6340CD

monochromatic

#745E1E #A5862B #CDA940 #DABF71 #E6D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CDA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA940

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA940	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c27a',
    500: '#cda940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda940;
$custom-light: #e0c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA940

secondary

#96A5D3

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA940

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

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