#CDAE5E#CDAE5E

#CDAE5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.106 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE5E
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 1.38, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 44.81, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0026 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.106 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3350, 44.0615, 16.8623)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE5E #5E7DCD

analogous

#CD765E #CDAE5E #B4CD5E

triadic

#CDAE5E #5ECDAE #AE5ECD

tetradic

#CDAE5E #5ECD76 #5E7DCD #CD5EB4

square

#CDAE5E #5ECD76 #5E7DCD #CD5EB4

split-complementary

#CDAE5E #5EB4CD #765ECD

monochromatic

#876D2A #B59338 #CDAE5E #DCC58D #EADDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CDAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE5E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE5E	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.106 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58d',
    500: '#cdae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae5e;
$custom-light: #dfc58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.243,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE5E

secondary

#ADBAD9

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE5E

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

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