#CDAE65#CDAE65

#CDAE65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.099 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE65
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 1.98, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 41.43, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0051 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.099 87)
XYZ	xyz(42.6635, 44.1929, 18.5923)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE65 #6584CD

analogous

#CD7A65 #CDAE65 #B8CD65

triadic

#CDAE65 #65CDAE #AE65CD

tetradic

#CDAE65 #65CD7A #6584CD #CD65B8

square

#CDAE65 #65CD7A #6584CD #CD65B8

split-complementary

#CDAE65 #65B8CD #7A65CD

monochromatic

#8B6F2D #B9943C #CDAE65 #DCC693 #EBDFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CDAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE65

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE65	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.099 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec692',
    500: '#cdae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae65;
$custom-light: #dec692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.115,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.44191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE65

secondary

#B3BFDB

accent

#77DA4D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE65

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

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