#CDAD52#CDAD52

#CDAD52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD52
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 0.98, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 50.15, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0001 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.116 90)
XYZ	xyz(41.6453, 43.4777, 14.1795)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD52 #5272CD

analogous

#CD7052 #CDAD52 #B0CD52

triadic

#CDAD52 #52CDAD #AD52CD

tetradic

#CDAD52 #52CD70 #5272CD #CD52B0

square

#CDAD52 #52CD70 #5272CD #CD52B0

split-complementary

#CDAD52 #52B0CD #7052CD

monochromatic

#806825 #AF8F33 #CDAD52 #DBC481 #E8DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD52

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD52	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc586',
    500: '#cdad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad52;
$custom-light: #dfc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD52

secondary

#A4B1D7

accent

#70DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD52

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

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