#CDAD56#CDAD56

#CDAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD56
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 1.27, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 48.30, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0013 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.113 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8020, 43.5404, 15.0046)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD56 #5676CD

analogous

#CD7256 #CDAD56 #B1CD56

triadic

#CDAD56 #56CDAD #AD56CD

tetradic

#CDAD56 #56CD72 #5676CD #CD56B1

square

#CDAD56 #56CD72 #5676CD #CD56B1

split-complementary

#CDAD56 #56B1CD #7256CD

monochromatic

#826926 #B19034 #CDAD56 #DBC485 #E9DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD56

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD56	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc588',
    500: '#cdad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad56;
$custom-light: #dfc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD56

secondary

#A7B4D8

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD56

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

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