#CDAA51#CDAA51

#CDAA51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA51
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 2.50, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 49.79, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0042 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.115 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0387, 42.3250, 13.7909)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA51 #5174CD

analogous

#CD6C51 #CDAA51 #B2CD51

triadic

#CDAA51 #51CDAA #AA51CD

tetradic

#CDAA51 #51CD6C #5174CD #CD51B2

square

#CDAA51 #51CD6C #5174CD #CD51B2

split-complementary

#CDAA51 #51B2CD #6C51CD

monochromatic

#7F6625 #AF8B32 #CDAA51 #DBC181 #E8D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CDAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA51

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA51	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)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc385',
    500: '#cdaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa51;
$custom-light: #dfc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7518,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA51

secondary

#A3B2D7

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA51

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

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