#CDAC51#CDAC51

#CDAC51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC51
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 1.44, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 50.33, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0012 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.116 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4165, 43.0805, 13.9169)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC51 #5172CD

analogous

#CD6E51 #CDAC51 #B0CD51

triadic

#CDAC51 #51CDAC #AC51CD

tetradic

#CDAC51 #51CD6E #5172CD #CD51B0

square

#CDAC51 #51CD6E #5172CD #CD51B0

split-complementary

#CDAC51 #51B0CD #6E51CD

monochromatic

#7F6725 #AF8E32 #CDAC51 #DBC381 #E8D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CDAC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC51

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC51	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc485',
    500: '#cdac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac51;
$custom-light: #dfc485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC51

secondary

#A3B1D7

accent

#71DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC51

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

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