#CDA956#CDA956

#CDA956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA956
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 3.40, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 47.21, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0075 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.11 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0464, 42.0293, 14.7528)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA956 #567ACD

analogous

#CD6E56 #CDA956 #B5CD56

triadic

#CDA956 #56CDA9 #A956CD

tetradic

#CDA956 #56CD6E #567ACD #CD56B5

square

#CDA956 #56CD6E #567ACD #CD56B5

split-complementary

#CDA956 #56B5CD #6E56CD

monochromatic

#826626 #B18C34 #CDA956 #DBC185 #E9D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA956

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA956	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc288',
    500: '#cda956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda956;
$custom-light: #dfc288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75037,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA956

secondary

#A7B6D8

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA956

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

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