#CDA962#CDA962

#CDA962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA962
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 4.38, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 41.52, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0118 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.099 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5711, 42.2392, 17.5162)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA962 #6286CD

analogous

#CD7462 #CDA962 #BCCD62

triadic

#CDA962 #62CDA9 #A962CD

tetradic

#CDA962 #62CD74 #6286CD #CD62BC

square

#CDA962 #62CD74 #6286CD #CD62BC

split-complementary

#CDA962 #62BCCD #7462CD

monochromatic

#896A2C #B78D3A #CDA962 #DCC290 #EBDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#CDA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA962

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA962	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc290',
    500: '#cda962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda962;
$custom-light: #dfc290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.813,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA962

secondary

#B1BFDA

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA962

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

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