#CDAA49#CDAA49

#CDAA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA49
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 1.97, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 53.38, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0017 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.122 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7562, 42.2120, 12.3031)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA49 #496CCD

analogous

#CD6849 #CDAA49 #AECD49

triadic

#CDAA49 #49CDAA #AA49CD

tetradic

#CDAA49 #49CD68 #496CCD #CD49AE

square

#CDAA49 #49CD68 #496CCD #CD49AE

split-complementary

#CDAA49 #49AECD #6849CD

monochromatic

#7A6322 #AA892F #CDAA49 #DAC079 #E7D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CDAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA49

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA49	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c380',
    500: '#cdaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa49;
$custom-light: #e0c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75094,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA49

secondary

#9DACD5

accent

#70E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA49

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

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