#CDC3AD#CDC3AD

#CDC3AD is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.032 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC3AD
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 173)
HSL	hsl(41, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -0.18, 12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 12.32, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.002 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.032 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2343, 55.0273, 47.3967)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC3AD #ADB7CD

analogous

#CDB3AD #CDC3AD #C7CDAD

triadic

#CDC3AD #ADCDC3 #C3ADCD

tetradic

#CDC3AD #ADCDB3 #ADB7CD #CDADC7

square

#CDC3AD #ADCDB3 #ADB7CD #CDADC7

split-complementary

#CDC3AD #ADC7CD #B3ADCD

monochromatic

#9F8B61 #B6A787 #CDC3AD #E4DFD3 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CDC3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC3AD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC3AD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.032 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5c5',
    500: '#cdc3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc3ad;
$custom-light: #dcd5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81944,
    "c": 0.03201,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC3AD

secondary

#7C88A2

accent

#61A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC3AD

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

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