#CDAA50#CDAA50

#CDAA50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA50
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 2.43, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 50.24, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0039 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.116 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0015, 42.3101, 13.5949)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA50 #5073CD

analogous

#CD6B50 #CDAA50 #B1CD50

triadic

#CDAA50 #50CDAA #AA50CD

tetradic

#CDAA50 #50CD6B #5073CD #CD50B1

square

#CDAA50 #50CD6B #5073CD #CD50B1

split-complementary

#CDAA50 #50B1CD #6B50CD

monochromatic

#7E6524 #AE8B32 #CDAA50 #DBC180 #E8D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CDAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA50

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA50	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc384',
    500: '#cdaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa50;
$custom-light: #dfc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA50

secondary

#A2B1D6

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA50

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

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