#CDAA44#CDAA44

#CDAA44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA44
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 1.67, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 55.54, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0002 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.126 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5971, 42.1483, 11.4649)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA44 #4467CD

analogous

#CD6544 #CDAA44 #ABCD44

triadic

#CDAA44 #44CDAA #AA44CD

tetradic

#CDAA44 #44CD65 #4467CD #CD44AB

square

#CDAA44 #44CD65 #4467CD #CD44AB

split-complementary

#CDAA44 #44ABCD #6544CD

monochromatic

#776120 #A7882D #CDAA44 #DAC074 #E7D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CDAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA44

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA44	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37d',
    500: '#cdaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa44;
$custom-light: #e0c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA44

secondary

#99A8D4

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA44

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →