#CDAE68#CDAE68

#CDAE68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE68
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 2.26, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 39.97, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0063 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.096 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8131, 44.2528, 19.3806)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE68 #6887CD

analogous

#CD7B68 #CDAE68 #BACD68

triadic

#CDAE68 #68CDAE #AE68CD

tetradic

#CDAE68 #68CD7B #6887CD #CD68BA

square

#CDAE68 #68CD7B #6887CD #CD68BA

split-complementary

#CDAE68 #68BACD #7B68CD

monochromatic

#8C6F2E #BA943E #CDAE68 #DCC796 #EBDFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CDAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE68

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE68	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec694',
    500: '#cdae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae68;
$custom-light: #dec694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.584,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE68

secondary

#B5C1DC

accent

#56BE28

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE68

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

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