#CDA15E#CDA15E

#CDA15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA15E
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 8.34, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 41.63, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0229 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.1 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9440, 39.2795, 16.0653)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA15E #5E8ACD

analogous

#CD695E #CDA15E #C2CD5E

triadic

#CDA15E #5ECDA1 #A15ECD

tetradic

#CDA15E #5ECD69 #5E8ACD #CD5EC2

square

#CDA15E #5ECD69 #5E8ACD #CD5EC2

split-complementary

#CDA15E #5EC2CD #695ECD

monochromatic

#87622A #B58438 #CDA15E #DCBC8D #EAD8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CDA15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#CDA15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA15E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA15E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc8d',
    500: '#cda15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda15e;
$custom-light: #dfbc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.216,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA15E

secondary

#ADBFD9

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA15E

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

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