#CDA94B#CDA94B

#CDA94B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA94B
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 2.63, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 52.23, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0039 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.12 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6369, 41.8654, 12.5957)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA94B #4B6FCD

analogous

#CD684B #CDA94B #B0CD4B

triadic

#CDA94B #4BCDA9 #A94BCD

tetradic

#CDA94B #4BCD68 #4B6FCD #CD4BB0

square

#CDA94B #4BCD68 #4B6FCD #CD4BB0

split-complementary

#CDA94B #4BB0CD #684BCD

monochromatic

#7B6322 #AB8930 #CDA94B #DAC07B #E8D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CDA94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA94B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA94B	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)

#BBA741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c281',
    500: '#cda94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda94b;
$custom-light: #e0c281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA94B

secondary

#9FAED5

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA94B

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

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