#CDA94A#CDA94A

#CDA94A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA94A
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 2.56, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 52.68, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0035 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.12 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6029, 41.8519, 12.4168)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA94A #4A6ECD

analogous

#CD674A #CDA94A #B0CD4A

triadic

#CDA94A #4ACDA9 #A94ACD

tetradic

#CDA94A #4ACD67 #4A6ECD #CD4AB0

square

#CDA94A #4ACD67 #4A6ECD #CD4AB0

split-complementary

#CDA94A #4AB0CD #674ACD

monochromatic

#7B6222 #AB892F #CDA94A #DAC07A #E7D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CDA94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA94A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA94A	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)

#BBA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c280',
    500: '#cda94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda94a;
$custom-light: #e0c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA94A

secondary

#9EADD5

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA94A

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

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