#CDAE61#CDAE61

#CDAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE61
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 1.63, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 43.37, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0036 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.103 88)
XYZ	xyz(42.4722, 44.1164, 17.5851)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE61 #6180CD

analogous

#CD7861 #CDAE61 #B6CD61

triadic

#CDAE61 #61CDAE #AE61CD

tetradic

#CDAE61 #61CD78 #6180CD #CD61B6

square

#CDAE61 #61CD78 #6180CD #CD61B6

split-complementary

#CDAE61 #61B6CD #7861CD

monochromatic

#886E2B #B7933A #CDAE61 #DCC68F #EADEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CDAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE61

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE61	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)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc690',
    500: '#cdae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae61;
$custom-light: #dfc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.778,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.44114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE61

secondary

#B0BCDA

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE61

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

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