#CDA38D#CDA38D

#CDA38D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.059 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA38D
RGB	rgb(205, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(21, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 12.34, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 21.27, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0385 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.059 49)
XYZ	xyz(43.0827, 41.0986, 30.8576)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA38D #8DB7CD

analogous

#CD8D97 #CDA38D #CDC38D

triadic

#CDA38D #8DCDA3 #A38DCD

tetradic

#CDA38D #97CD8D #8DB7CD #C38DCD

square

#CDA38D #97CD8D #8DB7CD #C38DCD

split-complementary

#CDA38D #8DCDC3 #8D97CD

monochromatic

#9B6244 #BA8162 #CDA38D #E0C5B8 #F2E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#CDA38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#CDA38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA38D

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA38D	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.059 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbeae',
    500: '#cda38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda38d;
$custom-light: #ddbeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.625,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.05868,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.41097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA38D

secondary

#D1DEE5

accent

#87B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA38D

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

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