#CDA594#CDA594

#CDA594 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.053 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA594
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 148)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 27.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 12.19, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 18.86, 49.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0381 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.053 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9780, 42.0294, 33.8072)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA594 #94BCCD

analogous

#CD94A0 #CDA594 #CDC294

triadic

#CDA594 #94CDA5 #A594CD

tetradic

#CDA594 #A0CD94 #94BCCD #C294CD

square

#CDA594 #A0CD94 #94BCCD #C294CD

split-complementary

#CDA594 #94CDC2 #94A0CD

monochromatic

#9D6249 #BA826A #CDA594 #E0C8BE #F4EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDA594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDA594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA594

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA594	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.053 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbfb3',
    500: '#cda594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda594;
$custom-light: #ddbfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.895,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.05319,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA594

secondary

#D6E2E7

accent

#8BAF36

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA594

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

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