#CDA96E#CDA96E

#CDA96E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.087 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA96E
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 110)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 5.51, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 35.73, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0164 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.087 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1808, 42.4830, 20.7271)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA96E #6E92CD

analogous

#CD7A6E #CDA96E #C2CD6E

triadic

#CDA96E #6ECDA9 #A96ECD

tetradic

#CDA96E #6ECD7A #6E92CD #CD6EC2

square

#CDA96E #6ECD7A #6E92CD #CD6EC2

split-complementary

#CDA96E #6EC2CD #7A6ECD

monochromatic

#8F6C31 #BD8E41 #CDA96E #DDC49C #ECDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDA96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDA96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA96E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA96E	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)

#B8A969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.087 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec298',
    500: '#cda96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda96e;
$custom-light: #dec298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.08744,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA96E

secondary

#BAC7DD

accent

#61BC29

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA96E

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

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