#CDA591#CDA591

#CDA591 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.055 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA591
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(20, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 11.78, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 19.82, 53.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0369 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.055 48)
XYZ	xyz(43.7436, 41.9357, 32.5728)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA591 #91B9CD

analogous

#CD919B #CDA591 #CDC391

triadic

#CDA591 #91CDA5 #A591CD

tetradic

#CDA591 #9BCD91 #91B9CD #C391CD

square

#CDA591 #9BCD91 #91B9CD #C391CD

split-complementary

#CDA591 #91CDC3 #919BCD

monochromatic

#9C6447 #BA8367 #CDA591 #E0C7BB #F3EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CDA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA591

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA591	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.055 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbfb1',
    500: '#cda591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda591;
$custom-light: #ddbfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.05512,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA591

secondary

#D4E0E6

accent

#87B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF7F5

border

#D4D0CF

text

#151210

muted

#83817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA591

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

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