#CDA970#CDA970

#CDA970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.085 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA970
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 5.71, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 34.76, 80.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0172 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.085 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2909, 42.5271, 21.3070)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA970 #7094CD

analogous

#CD7A70 #CDA970 #C3CD70

triadic

#CDA970 #70CDA9 #A970CD

tetradic

#CDA970 #70CD7A #7094CD #CD70C3

square

#CDA970 #70CD7A #7094CD #CD70C3

split-complementary

#CDA970 #70C3CD #7A70CD

monochromatic

#906C32 #BD8E43 #CDA970 #DDC49D #EDE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA970

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA970	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)

#B8A96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.085 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec29a',
    500: '#cda970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda970;
$custom-light: #dec29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75416,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA970

secondary

#BBC9DD

accent

#62BB2A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA970

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

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