#CDAA52#CDAA52

#CDAA52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA52
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 2.57, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 49.33, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0046 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.114 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0765, 42.3401, 13.9899)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA52 #5275CD

analogous

#CD6D52 #CDAA52 #B3CD52

triadic

#CDAA52 #52CDAA #AA52CD

tetradic

#CDAA52 #52CD6D #5275CD #CD52B3

square

#CDAA52 #52CD6D #5275CD #CD52B3

split-complementary

#CDAA52 #52B3CD #6D52CD

monochromatic

#806625 #AF8C33 #CDAA52 #DBC181 #E8D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CDAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA52

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA52	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc385',
    500: '#cdaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa52;
$custom-light: #dfc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA52

secondary

#A4B2D7

accent

#74DE49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA52

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

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