#CDAE60#CDAE60

#CDAE60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE60
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 1.54, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 43.85, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0033 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.104 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4259, 44.0979, 17.3411)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE60 #607FCD

analogous

#CD7860 #CDAE60 #B6CD60

triadic

#CDAE60 #60CDAE #AE60CD

tetradic

#CDAE60 #60CD78 #607FCD #CD60B6

square

#CDAE60 #60CD78 #607FCD #CD60B6

split-complementary

#CDAE60 #60B6CD #7860CD

monochromatic

#886D2B #B69339 #CDAE60 #DCC68F #EADDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CDAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE60

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE60	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc58f',
    500: '#cdae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae60;
$custom-light: #dfc58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE60

secondary

#AFBBDA

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE60

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

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