#CDAD62#CDAD62

#CDAD62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.101 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD62
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 2.25, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 42.60, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0056 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.101 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3267, 43.7503, 17.7681)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD62 #6282CD

analogous

#CD7862 #CDAD62 #B8CD62

triadic

#CDAD62 #62CDAD #AD62CD

tetradic

#CDAD62 #62CD78 #6282CD #CD62B8

square

#CDAD62 #62CD78 #6282CD #CD62B8

split-complementary

#CDAD62 #62B8CD #7862CD

monochromatic

#896D2C #B7923A #CDAD62 #DCC590 #EBDDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD62

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD62	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)

#BDAC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.101 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc590',
    500: '#cdad62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad62;
$custom-light: #dfc590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76004,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD62

secondary

#B1BDDA

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD62

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

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