#CDA85E#CDA85E

#CDA85E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA85E
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 4.58, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 43.18, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0119 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.102 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2017, 41.7949, 16.4845)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA85E #5E83CD

analogous

#CD705E #CDA85E #BACD5E

triadic

#CDA85E #5ECDA8 #A85ECD

tetradic

#CDA85E #5ECD70 #5E83CD #CD5EBA

square

#CDA85E #5ECD70 #5E83CD #CD5EBA

split-complementary

#CDA85E #5EBACD #705ECD

monochromatic

#87682A #B58C38 #CDA85E #DCC18D #EADABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CDA85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA85E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA85E	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc18d',
    500: '#cda85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda85e;
$custom-light: #dfc18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA85E

secondary

#ADBCD9

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA85E

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

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