#CDA169#CDA169

#CDA169 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA169
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 105)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 9.33, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 36.48, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0271 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.09 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4732, 39.4912, 18.8526)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA169 #6995CD

analogous

#CD6F69 #CDA169 #C7CD69

triadic

#CDA169 #69CDA1 #A169CD

tetradic

#CDA169 #69CD6F #6995CD #CD69C7

square

#CDA169 #69CD6F #6995CD #CD69C7

split-complementary

#CDA169 #69C7CD #6F69CD

monochromatic

#8D632F #BB843E #CDA169 #DCBE97 #ECDBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CDA169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CDA169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA169

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA169	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc95',
    500: '#cda169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda169;
$custom-light: #debc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.6,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA169

secondary

#B6C7DC

accent

#6ABD28

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA169

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

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