#CDAA73#CDAA73

#CDAA73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.083 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA73
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 115)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 5.49, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 33.55, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0168 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.083 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6475, 42.9685, 22.2637)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA73 #7396CD

analogous

#CD7D73 #CDAA73 #C3CD73

triadic

#CDAA73 #73CDAA #AA73CD

tetradic

#CDAA73 #73CD7D #7396CD #CD73C3

square

#CDAA73 #73CD7D #7396CD #CD73C3

split-complementary

#CDAA73 #73C3CD #7D73CD

monochromatic

#926D34 #BD8F46 #CDAA73 #DDC5A0 #EDE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CDAA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA73

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA73	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)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.083 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec39c',
    500: '#cdaa73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa73;
$custom-light: #dec39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA73

secondary

#BECADE

accent

#63BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF7F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA73

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

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