#CDAE66#CDAE66

#CDAE66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE66
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 2.07, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 40.94, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0055 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.098 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7128, 44.2126, 18.8519)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE66 #6685CD

analogous

#CD7B66 #CDAE66 #B8CD66

triadic

#CDAE66 #66CDAE #AE66CD

tetradic

#CDAE66 #66CD7B #6685CD #CD66B8

square

#CDAE66 #66CD7B #6685CD #CD66B8

split-complementary

#CDAE66 #66B8CD #7B66CD

monochromatic

#8B6F2D #B9943D #CDAE66 #DCC694 #EBDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#CDAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE66

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE66	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)

#BDAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec693',
    500: '#cdae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae66;
$custom-light: #dec693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.942,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76264,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE66

secondary

#B4C0DB

accent

#55BE27

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE66

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

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