#CDAE57#CDAE57

#CDAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE57
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 0.82, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 48.12, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0001 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.112 90)
XYZ	xyz(42.0350, 43.9415, 15.2824)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE57 #5776CD

analogous

#CD7357 #CDAE57 #B1CD57

triadic

#CDAE57 #57CDAE #AE57CD

tetradic

#CDAE57 #57CD73 #5776CD #CD57B1

square

#CDAE57 #57CD73 #5776CD #CD57B1

split-complementary

#CDAE57 #57B1CD #7357CD

monochromatic

#836B27 #B29135 #CDAE57 #DBC586 #E9DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CDAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE57

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE57	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc589',
    500: '#cdae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae57;
$custom-light: #dfc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.237,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76063,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.43939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE57

secondary

#A8B5D8

accent

#71DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE57

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

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