#CDAB51#CDAB51

#CDAB51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB51
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 1.97, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 50.05, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0027 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.116 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2269, 42.7013, 13.8537)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB51 #5173CD

analogous

#CD6D51 #CDAB51 #B1CD51

triadic

#CDAB51 #51CDAB #AB51CD

tetradic

#CDAB51 #51CD6D #5173CD #CD51B1

square

#CDAB51 #51CD6D #5173CD #CD51B1

split-complementary

#CDAB51 #51B1CD #6D51CD

monochromatic

#7F6625 #AF8C32 #CDAB51 #DBC281 #E8D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CDAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB51

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB51	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc385',
    500: '#cdab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab51;
$custom-light: #dfc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB51

secondary

#A3B1D7

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB51

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

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