#CDAE52#CDAE52

#CDAE52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE52
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 0.45, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 50.43, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0016 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.117 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8378, 43.8627, 14.2436)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE52 #5271CD

analogous

#CD7152 #CDAE52 #AFCD52

triadic

#CDAE52 #52CDAE #AE52CD

tetradic

#CDAE52 #52CD71 #5271CD #CD52AF

square

#CDAE52 #52CD71 #5271CD #CD52AF

split-complementary

#CDAE52 #52AFCD #7152CD

monochromatic

#806925 #AF9033 #CDAE52 #DBC481 #E8DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CDAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE52

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE52	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc586',
    500: '#cdae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae52;
$custom-light: #dfc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76004,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE52

secondary

#A4B1D7

accent

#6FDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE52

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

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