#CDAD61#CDAD61

#CDAD61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.102 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD61
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 2.16, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 43.08, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0052 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.102 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2798, 43.7315, 17.5210)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD61 #6181CD

analogous

#CD7761 #CDAD61 #B7CD61

triadic

#CDAD61 #61CDAD #AD61CD

tetradic

#CDAD61 #61CD77 #6181CD #CD61B7

square

#CDAD61 #61CD77 #6181CD #CD61B7

split-complementary

#CDAD61 #61B7CD #7761CD

monochromatic

#886D2B #B7923A #CDAD61 #DCC58F #EADDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD61

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD61	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.102 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58f',
    500: '#cdad61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad61;
$custom-light: #dfc58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7599,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD61

secondary

#B0BCDA

accent

#77DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD61

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

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