#CDB272#CDB272

#CDB272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.088 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB272
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, 1.11, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 36.24, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0039 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.088 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1358, 46.0367, 22.4775)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB272 #728DCD

analogous

#CD8572 #CDB272 #BACD72

triadic

#CDB272 #72CDB2 #B272CD

tetradic

#CDB272 #72CD85 #728DCD #CD72BA

square

#CDB272 #72CD85 #728DCD #CD72BA

split-complementary

#CDB272 #72BACD #8572CD

monochromatic

#917533 #BD9945 #CDB272 #DDCB9F #EDE3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#CDB272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB272

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB272	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.088 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec89b',
    500: '#cdb272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb272;
$custom-light: #dec89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77263,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB272

secondary

#BDC7DE

accent

#55BB2B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB272

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

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