#CDA978#CDA978

#CDA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA978
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(35, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 6.56, 30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 30.92, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0204 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.077 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7563, 42.7132, 23.7580)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA978 #789CCD

analogous

#CD7E78 #CDA978 #C6CD78

triadic

#CDA978 #78CDA9 #A978CD

tetradic

#CDA978 #78CD7E #789CCD #CD78C6

square

#CDA978 #78CD7E #789CCD #CD78C6

split-complementary

#CDA978 #78C6CD #7E78CD

monochromatic

#946C37 #BC8D4B #CDA978 #DEC5A5 #EEE2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CDA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA978

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA978	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec29f',
    500: '#cda978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda978;
$custom-light: #dec29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA978

secondary

#C1CEDF

accent

#68B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA978

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

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