#CDA949#CDA949

#CDA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA949
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 2.50, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 53.12, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% 0.0032 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.121 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5695, 41.8385, 12.2408)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA949 #496DCD

analogous

#CD6749 #CDA949 #AFCD49

triadic

#CDA949 #49CDA9 #A949CD

tetradic

#CDA949 #49CD67 #496DCD #CD49AF

square

#CDA949 #49CD67 #496DCD #CD49AF

split-complementary

#CDA949 #49AFCD #6749CD

monochromatic

#7A6222 #AA882F #CDA949 #DAC079 #E7D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CDA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA949

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA949	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c280',
    500: '#cda949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda949;
$custom-light: #e0c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA949

secondary

#9DACD5

accent

#71E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA949

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

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