#CDAE62#CDAE62

#CDAE62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE62
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 1.72, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 42.88, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.004 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.102 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5192, 44.1352, 17.8322)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE62 #6281CD

analogous

#CD7962 #CDAE62 #B7CD62

triadic

#CDAE62 #62CDAE #AE62CD

tetradic

#CDAE62 #62CD79 #6281CD #CD62B7

square

#CDAE62 #62CD79 #6281CD #CD62B7

split-complementary

#CDAE62 #62B7CD #7962CD

monochromatic

#896E2C #B7933A #CDAE62 #DCC690 #EBDEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CDAE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE62

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE62	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec690',
    500: '#cdae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae62;
$custom-light: #dec690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.617,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76207,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE62

secondary

#B1BDDA

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE62

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

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