#CDAE59#CDAE59

#CDAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE59
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 0.97, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 47.18, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0008 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.111 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1179, 43.9747, 15.7188)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE59 #5978CD

analogous

#CD7459 #CDAE59 #B2CD59

triadic

#CDAE59 #59CDAE #AE59CD

tetradic

#CDAE59 #59CD74 #5978CD #CD59B2

square

#CDAE59 #59CD74 #5978CD #CD59B2

split-complementary

#CDAE59 #59B2CD #7459CD

monochromatic

#846B28 #B39236 #CDAE59 #DBC588 #E9DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CDAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE59

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE59	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58a',
    500: '#cdae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae59;
$custom-light: #dfc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.966,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76088,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE59

secondary

#AAB6D8

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE59

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

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