#CDAD4E#CDAD4E

#CDAD4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD4E
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 0.70, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 51.97, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0014 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.12 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4975, 43.4186, 13.4011)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD4E #4E6ECD

analogous

#CD6D4E #CDAD4E #ADCD4E

triadic

#CDAD4E #4ECDAD #AD4ECD

tetradic

#CDAD4E #4ECD6D #4E6ECD #CD4EAD

square

#CDAD4E #4ECD6D #4E6ECD #CD4EAD

split-complementary

#CDAD4E #4EADCD #6D4ECD

monochromatic

#7D6723 #AD8E31 #CDAD4E #DAC37E #E8D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CDAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD4E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD4E	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc583',
    500: '#cdad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad4e;
$custom-light: #dfc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD4E

secondary

#A1AED6

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD4E

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

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