#CDAC59#CDAC59

#CDAC59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC59
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 2.03, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 46.61, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0039 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.109 88)
XYZ	xyz(41.7344, 43.2077, 15.5909)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC59 #597ACD

analogous

#CD7259 #CDAC59 #B4CD59

triadic

#CDAC59 #59CDAC #AC59CD

tetradic

#CDAC59 #59CD72 #597ACD #CD59B4

square

#CDAC59 #59CD72 #597ACD #CD59B4

split-complementary

#CDAC59 #59B4CD #7259CD

monochromatic

#846A28 #B38F36 #CDAC59 #DBC488 #E9DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CDAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC59

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC59	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc48a',
    500: '#cdac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac59;
$custom-light: #dfc48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.931,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.43205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC59

secondary

#AAB7D8

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC59

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

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