#CDAB49#CDAB49

#CDAB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.122 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB49
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 1.44, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 53.64, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0001 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.122 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9444, 42.5883, 12.3658)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB49 #496BCD

analogous

#CD6949 #CDAB49 #ADCD49

triadic

#CDAB49 #49CDAB #AB49CD

tetradic

#CDAB49 #49CD69 #496BCD #CD49AD

square

#CDAB49 #49CD69 #496BCD #CD49AD

split-complementary

#CDAB49 #49ADCD #6949CD

monochromatic

#7A6322 #AA8A2F #CDAB49 #DAC179 #E7D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#CDAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB49

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB49	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.122 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c380',
    500: '#cdab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab49;
$custom-light: #e0c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75297,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB49

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6FE048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB49

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

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