#CDAA5F#CDAA5F

#CDAA5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.103 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA5F
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 95)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 3.59, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 43.22, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0091 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.103 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6189, 42.5571, 16.8464)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA5F #5F82CD

analogous

#CD735F #CDAA5F #B9CD5F

triadic

#CDAA5F #5FCDAA #AA5FCD

tetradic

#CDAA5F #5FCD73 #5F82CD #CD5FB9

square

#CDAA5F #5FCD73 #5F82CD #CD5FB9

split-complementary

#CDAA5F #5FB9CD #735FCD

monochromatic

#876A2A #B68E39 #CDAA5F #DCC38E #EADCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CDAA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA5F

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA5F	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.103 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc38e',
    500: '#cdaa5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa5f;
$custom-light: #dfc38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA5F

secondary

#AEBCDA

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA5F

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

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