#CDA172#CDA172

#CDA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA172
RGB	rgb(205, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 10.23, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 32.32, 71.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0307 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.081 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9605, 39.6861, 21.4190)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA172 #729ECD

analogous

#CD7372 #CDA172 #CCCD72

triadic

#CDA172 #72CDA1 #A172CD

tetradic

#CDA172 #72CD73 #729ECD #CD72CC

square

#CDA172 #72CD73 #729ECD #CD72CC

split-complementary

#CDA172 #72CCCD #7372CD

monochromatic

#916433 #BD8345 #CDA172 #DDBF9F #EDDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CDA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CDA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA172

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA172	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc9b',
    500: '#cda172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda172;
$custom-light: #debc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.989,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA172

secondary

#BDCDDE

accent

#70BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA172

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

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