#CDAA45#CDAA45

#CDAA45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA45
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 1.72, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 55.11, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0005 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.125 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6279, 42.1606, 11.6270)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA45 #4568CD

analogous

#CD6645 #CDAA45 #ACCD45

triadic

#CDAA45 #45CDAA #AA45CD

tetradic

#CDAA45 #45CD66 #4568CD #CD45AC

square

#CDAA45 #45CD66 #4568CD #CD45AC

split-complementary

#CDAA45 #45ACCD #6645CD

monochromatic

#776120 #A8882D #CDAA45 #DAC075 #E7D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#CDAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA45

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA45	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)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37d',
    500: '#cdaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa45;
$custom-light: #e0c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA45

secondary

#9AA9D4

accent

#6FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA45

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

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