#CDAE55#CDAE55

#CDAE55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE55
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 0.67, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 49.05, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0006 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.114 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9544, 43.9093, 14.8581)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE55 #5574CD

analogous

#CD7255 #CDAE55 #B0CD55

triadic

#CDAE55 #55CDAE #AE55CD

tetradic

#CDAE55 #55CD72 #5574CD #CD55B0

square

#CDAE55 #55CD72 #5574CD #CD55B0

split-complementary

#CDAE55 #55B0CD #7255CD

monochromatic

#826A26 #B19134 #CDAE55 #DBC584 #E9DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE55

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE55	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)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc588',
    500: '#cdae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae55;
$custom-light: #dfc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE55

secondary

#A6B3D7

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE55

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

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