#CDAE72#CDAE72

#CDAE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.086 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE72
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 3.24, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 35.06, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% 0.0101 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.086 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3515, 44.4682, 22.2160)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE72 #7291CD

analogous

#CD8072 #CDAE72 #BFCD72

triadic

#CDAE72 #72CDAE #AE72CD

tetradic

#CDAE72 #72CD80 #7291CD #CD72BF

square

#CDAE72 #72CD80 #7291CD #CD72BF

split-complementary

#CDAE72 #72BFCD #8072CD

monochromatic

#917133 #BD9445 #CDAE72 #DDC89F #EDE2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CDAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE72

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE72	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.086 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec69b',
    500: '#cdae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae72;
$custom-light: #dec69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.56,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76453,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE72

secondary

#BDC8DE

accent

#5CBB2B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE72

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

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