#CDB59C#CDB59C

#CDB59C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.044 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB59C
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(31, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(31, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 4.70, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 16.58, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0163 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.044 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7017, 48.4286, 38.2809)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB59C #9CB4CD

analogous

#CD9C9C #CDB59C #CCCD9C

triadic

#CDB59C #9CCDB5 #B59CCD

tetradic

#CDB59C #9CCD9C #9CB4CD #CD9CCC

square

#CDB59C #9CCD9C #9CB4CD #CD9CCC

split-complementary

#CDB59C #9CCCCD #9C9CCD

monochromatic

#9F7850 #B89773 #CDB59C #E2D3C5 #F5F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#CDB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB59C

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB59C	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.044 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccbb9',
    500: '#cdb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb59c;
$custom-light: #dccbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.612,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.04403,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB59C

secondary

#DCE2E9

accent

#72AC3A

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF8F6

border

#D4D1D0

text

#151311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB59C

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

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