#CDA94D#CDA94D

#CDA94D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA94D
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 77)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 2.76, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 51.34, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0045 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.118 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7064, 41.8933, 12.9619)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA94D #4D71CD

analogous

#CD694D #CDA94D #B1CD4D

triadic

#CDA94D #4DCDA9 #A94DCD

tetradic

#CDA94D #4DCD69 #4D71CD #CD4DB1

square

#CDA94D #4DCD69 #4D71CD #CD4DB1

split-complementary

#CDA94D #4DB1CD #694DCD

monochromatic

#7D6323 #AC8A30 #CDA94D #DAC07D #E8D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CDA94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA94D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA94D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc282',
    500: '#cda94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda94d;
$custom-light: #dfc282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74933,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA94D

secondary

#A0AFD6

accent

#73DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA94D

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

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