#CDA45C#CDA45C

#CDA45C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA45C
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 6.56, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 43.19, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0175 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.103 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3860, 40.3052, 15.7756)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA45C #5C85CD

analogous

#CD6B5C #CDA45C #BDCD5C

triadic

#CDA45C #5CCDA4 #A45CCD

tetradic

#CDA45C #5CCD6B #5C85CD #CD5CBD

square

#CDA45C #5CCD6B #5C85CD #CD5CBD

split-complementary

#CDA45C #5CBDCD #6B5CCD

monochromatic

#866429 #B48737 #CDA45C #DBBE8B #EAD8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#CDA45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA45C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA45C	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8c',
    500: '#cda45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda45c;
$custom-light: #dfbe8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.23,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA45C

secondary

#ACBCD9

accent

#80DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA45C

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

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