#CDAE56#CDAE56

#CDAE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE56
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 0.74, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 48.59, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0003 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.113 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9945, 43.9253, 15.0688)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE56 #5675CD

analogous

#CD7356 #CDAE56 #B0CD56

triadic

#CDAE56 #56CDAE #AE56CD

tetradic

#CDAE56 #56CD73 #5675CD #CD56B0

square

#CDAE56 #56CD73 #5675CD #CD56B0

split-complementary

#CDAE56 #56B0CD #7356CD

monochromatic

#826A26 #B19134 #CDAE56 #DBC585 #E9DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE56

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE56	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)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc588',
    500: '#cdae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae56;
$custom-light: #dfc588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.37,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE56

secondary

#A7B4D8

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE56

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

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