#CDA696#CDA696

#CDA696 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.051 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA696
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 150)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 11.93, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 18.16, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0373 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.051 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3187, 42.4554, 34.7085)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA696 #96BDCD

analogous

#CD96A2 #CDA696 #CDC296

triadic

#CDA696 #96CDA6 #A696CD

tetradic

#CDA696 #A2CD96 #96BDCD #C296CD

square

#CDA696 #A2CD96 #96BDCD #C296CD

split-complementary

#CDA696 #96CDC2 #96A2CD

monochromatic

#9E634B #B9836D #CDA696 #E1C9BF #F4ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDA696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDA696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA696

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA696	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.051 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc0b4',
    500: '#cda696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda696;
$custom-light: #ddc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.05144,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA696

secondary

#D8E3E7

accent

#8CAE37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA696

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

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