#CDAD5B#CDAD5B

#CDAD5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD5B
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 1.66, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 45.95, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.003 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.108 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0105, 43.6238, 16.1029)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD5B #5B7BCD

analogous

#CD745B #CDAD5B #B4CD5B

triadic

#CDAD5B #5BCDAD #AD5BCD

tetradic

#CDAD5B #5BCD74 #5B7BCD #CD5BB4

square

#CDAD5B #5BCD74 #5B7BCD #CD5BB4

split-complementary

#CDAD5B #5BB4CD #745BCD

monochromatic

#856B29 #B49137 #CDAD5B #DBC48A #EADCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD5B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD5B	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)

#BDAB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58b',
    500: '#cdad5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad5b;
$custom-light: #dfc58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD5B

secondary

#ABB8D9

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD5B

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

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