#CDAD59#CDAD59

#CDAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD59
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 1.50, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 46.89, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0023 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.11 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9254, 43.5897, 15.6546)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD59 #5979CD

analogous

#CD7359 #CDAD59 #B3CD59

triadic

#CDAD59 #59CDAD #AD59CD

tetradic

#CDAD59 #59CD73 #5979CD #CD59B3

square

#CDAD59 #59CD73 #5979CD #CD59B3

split-complementary

#CDAD59 #59B3CD #7359CD

monochromatic

#846A28 #B39036 #CDAD59 #DBC488 #E9DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD59

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD59	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58a',
    500: '#cdad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad59;
$custom-light: #dfc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD59

secondary

#AAB6D8

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD59

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

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