#CDA94E#CDA94E

#CDA94E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA94E
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 2.83, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 50.89, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0048 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.117 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7420, 41.9075, 13.1493)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA94E #4E72CD

analogous

#CD694E #CDA94E #B1CD4E

triadic

#CDA94E #4ECDA9 #A94ECD

tetradic

#CDA94E #4ECD69 #4E72CD #CD4EB1

square

#CDA94E #4ECD69 #4E72CD #CD4EB1

split-complementary

#CDA94E #4EB1CD #694ECD

monochromatic

#7D6423 #AD8A31 #CDA94E #DAC07E #E8D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CDA94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA94E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA94E	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)

#BBA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc283',
    500: '#cda94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda94e;
$custom-light: #dfc283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA94E

secondary

#A1B0D6

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA94E

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

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