#CDAD50#CDAD50

#CDAD50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD50
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 0.84, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 51.06, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0007 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.118 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5703, 43.4477, 13.7845)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD50 #5070CD

analogous

#CD6E50 #CDAD50 #AECD50

triadic

#CDAD50 #50CDAD #AD50CD

tetradic

#CDAD50 #50CD6E #5070CD #CD50AE

square

#CDAD50 #50CD6E #5070CD #CD50AE

split-complementary

#CDAD50 #50AECD #6E50CD

monochromatic

#7E6724 #AE8E32 #CDAD50 #DBC380 #E8DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CDAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD50

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD50	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#cdad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad50;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD50

secondary

#A2B0D6

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD50

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

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