#CDAA57#CDAA57

#CDAA57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.110 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA57
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 2.95, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 47.01, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0063 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.11 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2737, 42.4190, 15.0287)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA57 #577ACD

analogous

#CD6F57 #CDAA57 #B5CD57

triadic

#CDAA57 #57CDAA #AA57CD

tetradic

#CDAA57 #57CD6F #577ACD #CD57B5

square

#CDAA57 #57CD6F #577ACD #CD57B5

split-complementary

#CDAA57 #57B5CD #6F57CD

monochromatic

#836727 #B28D35 #CDAA57 #DBC286 #E9DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA57

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA57	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.110 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc389',
    500: '#cdaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa57;
$custom-light: #dfc389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75251,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA57

secondary

#A8B6D8

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA57

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

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