#CDAE81#CDAE81

#CDAE81 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.070 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE81
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 129)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 4.90, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 27.73, 79.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0162 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.07 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2764, 44.8381, 27.0870)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE81 #81A0CD

analogous

#CD8881 #CDAE81 #C6CD81

triadic

#CDAE81 #81CDAE #AE81CD

tetradic

#CDAE81 #81CD88 #81A0CD #CD81C6

square

#CDAE81 #81CD88 #81A0CD #CD81C6

split-complementary

#CDAE81 #81C6CD #8881CD

monochromatic

#97723C #BC9255 #CDAE81 #DECAAD #F0E6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDAE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CDAE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE81

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE81	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.070 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc6a6',
    500: '#cdae81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae81;
$custom-light: #ddc6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.07,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE81

secondary

#C8D3E2

accent

#66B62F

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FBF8F4

border

#D4D1CE

text

#15130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE81

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

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