#CDAE69#CDAE69

#CDAE69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.095 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE69
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 2.35, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 39.48, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0066 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.095 86)
XYZ	xyz(42.8642, 44.2732, 19.6496)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE69 #6988CD

analogous

#CD7C69 #CDAE69 #BACD69

triadic

#CDAE69 #69CDAE #AE69CD

tetradic

#CDAE69 #69CD7C #6988CD #CD69BA

square

#CDAE69 #69CD7C #6988CD #CD69BA

split-complementary

#CDAE69 #69BACD #7C69CD

monochromatic

#8D702F #BB943E #CDAE69 #DCC797 #ECE0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CDAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE69

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE69	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)

#BDAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.095 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec695',
    500: '#cdae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae69;
$custom-light: #dec695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.4,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.44271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE69

secondary

#B6C2DC

accent

#56BD28

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE69

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

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