#CDAB56#CDAB56

#CDAB56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB56
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 2.34, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 47.74, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0044 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.111 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4213, 42.7791, 14.8777)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB56 #5678CD

analogous

#CD7056 #CDAB56 #B4CD56

triadic

#CDAB56 #56CDAB #AB56CD

tetradic

#CDAB56 #56CD70 #5678CD #CD56B4

square

#CDAB56 #56CD70 #5678CD #CD56B4

split-complementary

#CDAB56 #56B4CD #7056CD

monochromatic

#826826 #B18E34 #CDAB56 #DBC285 #E9DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CDAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB56

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB56	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc388',
    500: '#cdab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab56;
$custom-light: #dfc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75441,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB56

secondary

#A7B5D8

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB56

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

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