#CDAD51#CDAD51

#CDAD51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD51
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 0.91, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 50.61, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0004 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.117 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6075, 43.4626, 13.9805)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD51 #5171CD

analogous

#CD6F51 #CDAD51 #AFCD51

triadic

#CDAD51 #51CDAD #AD51CD

tetradic

#CDAD51 #51CD6F #5171CD #CD51AF

square

#CDAD51 #51CD6F #5171CD #CD51AF

split-complementary

#CDAD51 #51AFCD #6F51CD

monochromatic

#7F6825 #AF8F32 #CDAD51 #DBC381 #E8DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CDAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD51

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD51	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)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc585',
    500: '#cdad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad51;
$custom-light: #dfc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD51

secondary

#A3B1D7

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD51

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

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