#CDB596#CDB596

#CDB596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.050 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB596
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(34, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(34, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 3.85, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 19.36, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0139 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.05 74)
XYZ	xyz(47.2062, 48.2304, 35.6710)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB596 #96AECD

analogous

#CD9A96 #CDB596 #CACD96

triadic

#CDB596 #96CDB5 #B596CD

tetradic

#CDB596 #96CD9A #96AECD #CD96CA

square

#CDB596 #96CD9A #96AECD #CD96CA

split-complementary

#CDB596 #96CACD #9A96CD

monochromatic

#9E7A4B #B9986D #CDB596 #E1D2BF #F4EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#CDB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB596

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB596	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.050 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcbb5',
    500: '#cdb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb596;
$custom-light: #ddcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.05038,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.48229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB596

secondary

#D8DEE7

accent

#6BAE37

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF8F6

border

#D4D1D0

text

#151311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB596

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

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