#CDAD53#CDAD53

#CDAD53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD53
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 1.05, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 49.69, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0003 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.115 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6836, 43.4930, 14.3814)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD53 #5373CD

analogous

#CD7053 #CDAD53 #B0CD53

triadic

#CDAD53 #53CDAD #AD53CD

tetradic

#CDAD53 #53CD70 #5373CD #CD53B0

square

#CDAD53 #53CD70 #5373CD #CD53B0

split-complementary

#CDAD53 #53B0CD #7053CD

monochromatic

#806825 #B08F33 #CDAD53 #DBC482 #E9DAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD53

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD53	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)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc586',
    500: '#cdad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad53;
$custom-light: #dfc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD53

secondary

#A5B2D7

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD53

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

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