#CDAD74#CDAD74

#CDAD74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.083 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD74
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 3.98, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 33.81, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0125 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.083 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2741, 44.1292, 22.7580)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD74 #7494CD

analogous

#CD8074 #CDAD74 #C0CD74

triadic

#CDAD74 #74CDAD #AD74CD

tetradic

#CDAD74 #74CD80 #7494CD #CD74C0

square

#CDAD74 #74CD80 #7494CD #CD74C0

split-complementary

#CDAD74 #74C0CD #8074CD

monochromatic

#927035 #BD9247 #CDAD74 #DDC8A1 #EDE2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CDAD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD74

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD74	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.083 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec59c',
    500: '#cdad74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad74;
$custom-light: #dec59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.427,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD74

secondary

#BECADE

accent

#5FBA2B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD74

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

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