#CDAD5E#CDAD5E

#CDAD5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD5E
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 1.91, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 44.52, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0041 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.105 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1425, 43.6766, 16.7982)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD5E #5E7ECD

analogous

#CD755E #CDAD5E #B5CD5E

triadic

#CDAD5E #5ECDAD #AD5ECD

tetradic

#CDAD5E #5ECD75 #5E7ECD #CD5EB5

square

#CDAD5E #5ECD75 #5E7ECD #CD5EB5

split-complementary

#CDAD5E #5EB5CD #755ECD

monochromatic

#876C2A #B59138 #CDAD5E #DCC58D #EADDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CDAD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD5E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD5E	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58d',
    500: '#cdad5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad5e;
$custom-light: #dfc58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.703,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD5E

secondary

#ADBAD9

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD5E

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

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