#CDA697#CDA697

#CDA697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.051 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA697
RGB	rgb(205, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 12.07, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 17.87, 47.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0377 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.051 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3996, 42.4878, 35.1344)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA697 #97BECD

analogous

#CD97A3 #CDA697 #CDC197

triadic

#CDA697 #97CDA6 #A697CD

tetradic

#CDA697 #A3CD97 #97BECD #C197CD

square

#CDA697 #A3CD97 #97BECD #C197CD

split-complementary

#CDA697 #97CDC1 #97A3CD

monochromatic

#9E634C #B9836E #CDA697 #E1C9C0 #F5EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA697

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA697	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.051 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc0b5',
    500: '#cda697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda697;
$custom-light: #ddc0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75634,
    "c": 0.05086,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA697

secondary

#D8E3E8

accent

#8DAE38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA697

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

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