#CDAE53#CDAE53

#CDAE53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE53
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 0.52, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 49.98, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0013 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.116 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8761, 43.8780, 14.4455)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE53 #5372CD

analogous

#CD7153 #CDAE53 #AFCD53

triadic

#CDAE53 #53CDAE #AE53CD

tetradic

#CDAE53 #53CD71 #5372CD #CD53AF

square

#CDAE53 #53CD71 #5372CD #CD53AF

split-complementary

#CDAE53 #53AFCD #7153CD

monochromatic

#806925 #B09033 #CDAE53 #DBC482 #E9DBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE53

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE53	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc586',
    500: '#cdae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae53;
$custom-light: #dfc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76016,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE53

secondary

#A5B2D7

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE53

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

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