#CDAD60#CDAD60

#CDAD60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD60
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 96)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 2.08, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 43.56, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0048 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.103 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2334, 43.7130, 17.2770)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD60 #6080CD

analogous

#CD7760 #CDAD60 #B7CD60

triadic

#CDAD60 #60CDAD #AD60CD

tetradic

#CDAD60 #60CD77 #6080CD #CD60B7

square

#CDAD60 #60CD77 #6080CD #CD60B7

split-complementary

#CDAD60 #60B7CD #7760CD

monochromatic

#886D2B #B69239 #CDAD60 #DCC58F #EADDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD60

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD60	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58f',
    500: '#cdad60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad60;
$custom-light: #dfc58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD60

secondary

#AFBCDA

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD60

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

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