#CDAE6D#CDAE6D

#CDAE6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.091 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE6D
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 2.74, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 37.52, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0082 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.091 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0747, 44.3574, 20.7580)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE6D #6D8CCD

analogous

#CD7E6D #CDAE6D #BCCD6D

triadic

#CDAE6D #6DCDAE #AE6DCD

tetradic

#CDAE6D #6DCD7E #6D8CCD #CD6DBC

square

#CDAE6D #6DCD7E #6D8CCD #CD6DBC

split-complementary

#CDAE6D #6DBCCD #7E6DCD

monochromatic

#8F7031 #BC9440 #CDAE6D #DDC79B #ECE1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CDAE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE6D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE6D	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.091 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec698',
    500: '#cdae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae6d;
$custom-light: #dec698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.625,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76371,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE6D

secondary

#B9C5DD

accent

#59BC29

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE6D

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

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