#CDA969#CDA969

#CDA969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.092 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA969
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 105)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 5.02, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 38.14, 82.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0145 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.092 81)
XYZ	xyz(41.9162, 42.3772, 19.3336)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA969 #698DCD

analogous

#CD7769 #CDA969 #BFCD69

triadic

#CDA969 #69CDA9 #A969CD

tetradic

#CDA969 #69CD77 #698DCD #CD69BF

square

#CDA969 #69CD77 #698DCD #CD69BF

split-complementary

#CDA969 #69BFCD #7769CD

monochromatic

#8D6B2F #BB8E3E #CDA969 #DCC397 #ECDEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDA969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDA969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA969

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA969	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.092 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec295',
    500: '#cda969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda969;
$custom-light: #dec295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75302,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA969

secondary

#B6C4DC

accent

#5EBD28

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA969

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

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