#CDA45E#CDA45E

#CDA45E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA45E
RGB	rgb(205, 164, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 6.72, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 42.25, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0182 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.101 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4745, 40.3406, 16.2422)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA45E #5E87CD

analogous

#CD6C5E #CDA45E #BECD5E

triadic

#CDA45E #5ECDA4 #A45ECD

tetradic

#CDA45E #5ECD6C #5E87CD #CD5EBE

square

#CDA45E #5ECD6C #5E87CD #CD5EBE

split-complementary

#CDA45E #5EBECD #6C5ECD

monochromatic

#87642A #B58738 #CDA45E #DCBE8D #EAD9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CDA45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#CDA45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA45E

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA45E	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 164, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe8d',
    500: '#cda45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda45e;
$custom-light: #dfbe8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.838,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA45E

secondary

#ADBED9

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA45E

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

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