#CDB59E#CDB59E

#CDB59E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.042 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB59E
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(29, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(29, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 4.99, 14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 15.69, 71.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0171 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.042 66)
XYZ	xyz(47.8725, 48.4969, 39.1802)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB59E #9EB6CD

analogous

#CD9E9E #CDB59E #CDCC9E

triadic

#CDB59E #9ECDB5 #B59ECD

tetradic

#CDB59E #9ECD9E #9EB6CD #CC9ECD

square

#CDB59E #9ECD9E #9EB6CD #CC9ECD

split-complementary

#CDB59E #9ECDCC #9E9ECD

monochromatic

#9F7752 #B89676 #CDB59E #E2D4C6 #F5F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CDB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB59E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB59E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.042 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccbba',
    500: '#cdb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb59e;
$custom-light: #dccbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.362,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78757,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.48496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB59E

secondary

#DDE4EA

accent

#74AB3B

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF8F6

border

#D4D1D0

text

#151311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB59E

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

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