#CDA856#CDA856

#CDA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA856
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 3.94, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 46.96, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.009 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.11 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8611, 41.6586, 14.6910)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA856 #567BCD

analogous

#CD6D56 #CDA856 #B6CD56

triadic

#CDA856 #56CDA8 #A856CD

tetradic

#CDA856 #56CD6D #567BCD #CD56B6

square

#CDA856 #56CD6D #567BCD #CD56B6

split-complementary

#CDA856 #56B6CD #6D56CD

monochromatic

#826626 #B18B34 #CDA856 #DBC085 #E9D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CDA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA856

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA856	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc188',
    500: '#cda856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda856;
$custom-light: #dfc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.345,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA856

secondary

#A7B6D8

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA856

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

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