#CDA950#CDA950

#CDA950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA950
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 2.97, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 49.98, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0055 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.115 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8148, 41.9366, 13.5327)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA950 #5074CD

analogous

#CD6A50 #CDA950 #B2CD50

triadic

#CDA950 #50CDA9 #A950CD

tetradic

#CDA950 #50CD6A #5074CD #CD50B2

square

#CDA950 #50CD6A #5074CD #CD50B2

split-complementary

#CDA950 #50B2CD #6A50CD

monochromatic

#7E6424 #AE8A32 #CDA950 #DBC080 #E8D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CDA950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA950

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA950	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc284',
    500: '#cda950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda950;
$custom-light: #dfc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA950

secondary

#A2B1D6

accent

#74DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA950

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

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