#CDA951#CDA951

#CDA951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA951
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 3.04, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 49.52, 86.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0058 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.115 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8520, 41.9515, 13.7287)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA951 #5175CD

analogous

#CD6B51 #CDA951 #B3CD51

triadic

#CDA951 #51CDA9 #A951CD

tetradic

#CDA951 #51CD6B #5175CD #CD51B3

square

#CDA951 #51CD6B #5175CD #CD51B3

split-complementary

#CDA951 #51B3CD #6B51CD

monochromatic

#7F6525 #AF8A32 #CDA951 #DBC081 #E8D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CDA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA951

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA951	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)

#BAA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc285',
    500: '#cda951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda951;
$custom-light: #dfc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA951

secondary

#A3B2D7

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA951

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

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