#CDA85F#CDA85F

#CDA85F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.102 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA85F
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 95)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 4.66, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 42.70, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0123 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.102 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2468, 41.8129, 16.7224)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA85F #5F84CD

analogous

#CD715F #CDA85F #BBCD5F

triadic

#CDA85F #5FCDA8 #A85FCD

tetradic

#CDA85F #5FCD71 #5F84CD #CD5FBB

square

#CDA85F #5FCD71 #5F84CD #CD5FBB

split-complementary

#CDA85F #5FBBCD #715FCD

monochromatic

#87682A #B68C39 #CDA85F #DCC18E #EADBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDA85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#CDA85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA85F

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA85F	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)

#B8A859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.102 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc18e',
    500: '#cda85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda85f;
$custom-light: #dfc18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA85F

secondary

#AEBDDA

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA85F

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

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