#CDA596#CDA596

#CDA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.052 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA596
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(16, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(16, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 12.47, 13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 18.27, 46.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0389 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.052 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1376, 42.0933, 34.6481)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA596 #96BECD

analogous

#CD96A3 #CDA596 #CDC196

triadic

#CDA596 #96CDA5 #A596CD

tetradic

#CDA596 #A3CD96 #96BECD #C196CD

square

#CDA596 #A3CD96 #96BECD #C196CD

split-complementary

#CDA596 #96CDC1 #96A3CD

monochromatic

#9E624B #B9816D #CDA596 #E1C9BF #F4ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA596

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA596	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.052 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbfb4',
    500: '#cda596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda596;
$custom-light: #ddbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.05202,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA596

secondary

#D8E3E7

accent

#8EAE37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA596

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

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