#CDA96F#CDA96F

#CDA96F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.086 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA96F
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 111)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 5.61, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 35.24, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0168 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.086 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2355, 42.5049, 21.0154)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA96F #6F93CD

analogous

#CD7A6F #CDA96F #C2CD6F

triadic

#CDA96F #6FCDA9 #A96FCD

tetradic

#CDA96F #6FCD7A #6F93CD #CD6FC2

square

#CDA96F #6FCD7A #6F93CD #CD6FC2

split-complementary

#CDA96F #6FC2CD #7A6FCD

monochromatic

#906C32 #BD8E42 #CDA96F #DDC49C #EDDFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDA96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDA96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA96F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA96F	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)

#B8A96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.086 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec299',
    500: '#cda96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda96f;
$custom-light: #dec299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75399,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA96F

secondary

#BBC8DD

accent

#62BC2A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA96F

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

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