#CDAA55#CDAA55

#CDAA55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA55
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 2.79, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 47.94, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0056 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.112 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1932, 42.3868, 14.6043)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA55 #5578CD

analogous

#CD6E55 #CDAA55 #B4CD55

triadic

#CDAA55 #55CDAA #AA55CD

tetradic

#CDAA55 #55CD6E #5578CD #CD55B4

square

#CDAA55 #55CD6E #5578CD #CD55B4

split-complementary

#CDAA55 #55B4CD #6E55CD

monochromatic

#826726 #B18C34 #CDAA55 #DBC284 #E9D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA55

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA55	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc387',
    500: '#cdaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa55;
$custom-light: #dfc387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75227,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA55

secondary

#A6B5D7

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA55

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

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