#CDAA72#CDAA72

#CDAA72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.084 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA72
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 5.38, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 34.03, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0164 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.084 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5903, 42.9456, 21.9623)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA72 #7295CD

analogous

#CD7C72 #CDAA72 #C3CD72

triadic

#CDAA72 #72CDAA #AA72CD

tetradic

#CDAA72 #72CD7C #7295CD #CD72C3

square

#CDAA72 #72CD7C #7295CD #CD72C3

split-complementary

#CDAA72 #72C3CD #7C72CD

monochromatic

#916D33 #BD8F45 #CDAA72 #DDC59F #EDE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CDAA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA72

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA72	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.084 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec39b',
    500: '#cdaa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa72;
$custom-light: #dec39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA72

secondary

#BDCADE

accent

#62BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA72

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

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