#CDAE63#CDAE63

#CDAE63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.101 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE63
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 1.80, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 42.40, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0044 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.101 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5667, 44.1542, 18.0825)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE63 #6382CD

analogous

#CD7963 #CDAE63 #B7CD63

triadic

#CDAE63 #63CDAE #AE63CD

tetradic

#CDAE63 #63CD79 #6382CD #CD63B7

square

#CDAE63 #63CD79 #6382CD #CD63B7

split-complementary

#CDAE63 #63B7CD #7963CD

monochromatic

#8A6E2C #B8933B #CDAE63 #DCC691 #EBDEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CDAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE63

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE63	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)

#BEAC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.101 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec691',
    500: '#cdae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae63;
$custom-light: #dec691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.453,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76221,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE63

secondary

#B1BDDA

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE63

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

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