#CDAD57#CDAD57

#CDAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD57
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 1.35, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 47.83, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0016 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.112 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8426, 43.5566, 15.2183)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD57 #5777CD

analogous

#CD7257 #CDAD57 #B2CD57

triadic

#CDAD57 #57CDAD #AD57CD

tetradic

#CDAD57 #57CD72 #5777CD #CD57B2

square

#CDAD57 #57CD72 #5777CD #CD57B2

split-complementary

#CDAD57 #57B2CD #7257CD

monochromatic

#836A27 #B29035 #CDAD57 #DBC486 #E9DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD57

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD57	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)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc589',
    500: '#cdad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad57;
$custom-light: #dfc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7586,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD57

secondary

#A8B5D8

accent

#72DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD57

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

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