#CDAB59#CDAB59

#CDAB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB59
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 2.57, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 46.34, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0054 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.109 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5448, 42.8285, 15.5277)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB59 #597BCD

analogous

#CD7159 #CDAB59 #B5CD59

triadic

#CDAB59 #59CDAB #AB59CD

tetradic

#CDAB59 #59CD71 #597BCD #CD59B5

square

#CDAB59 #59CD71 #597BCD #CD59B5

split-complementary

#CDAB59 #59B5CD #7159CD

monochromatic

#846928 #B38E36 #CDAB59 #DBC388 #E9DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CDAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB59

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB59	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc38a',
    500: '#cdab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab59;
$custom-light: #dfc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75479,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB59

secondary

#AAB7D8

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB59

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

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