#CDAD55#CDAD55

#CDAD55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD55
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 1.20, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 48.76, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0009 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.114 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7620, 43.5244, 14.7939)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD55 #5575CD

analogous

#CD7155 #CDAD55 #B1CD55

triadic

#CDAD55 #55CDAD #AD55CD

tetradic

#CDAD55 #55CD71 #5575CD #CD55B1

square

#CDAD55 #55CD71 #5575CD #CD55B1

split-complementary

#CDAD55 #55B1CD #7155CD

monochromatic

#826926 #B19034 #CDAD55 #DBC484 #E9DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD55

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD55	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc588',
    500: '#cdad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad55;
$custom-light: #dfc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD55

secondary

#A6B3D7

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD55

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

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