#CDAB55#CDAB55

#CDAB55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB55
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 2.26, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 48.21, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.004 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.112 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3813, 42.7631, 14.6670)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB55 #5577CD

analogous

#CD6F55 #CDAB55 #B3CD55

triadic

#CDAB55 #55CDAB #AB55CD

tetradic

#CDAB55 #55CD6F #5577CD #CD55B3

square

#CDAB55 #55CD6F #5577CD #CD55B3

split-complementary

#CDAB55 #55B3CD #6F55CD

monochromatic

#826826 #B18D34 #CDAB55 #DBC284 #E9DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CDAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB55

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB55	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc387',
    500: '#cdab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab55;
$custom-light: #dfc387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB55

secondary

#A6B4D7

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB55

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

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